BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — The European Union expects the peace agreements in war-torn Syria, reached during the International Syrian Support Group (ISSG) session, to be implemented, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini's spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said Friday.
Kocijancic expressed the bloc's position to reporters in Brussels.
The ISSG meeting, which started late on Thursday, lasted for several hours and saw the participation of Russia, the United States and over a dozen other states. The talks resulted in the adoption of a final communique that calls for humanitarian access to be provided swiftly to all besieged areas in Syria and sets a one-week deadline for measures to be implemented to end the hostilities in Syria.
Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with the army loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting several opposition factions and militant organizations, including Islamic State (IS), which is banned in Russia and a number of other countries.
Russia has been conducting airstrikes against IS targets in Syria at the request of Assad since late September 2015. A US-led international coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against IS in Syria since September 2014, without the approval of Damascus or the United Nations.
