The U.N. Security Council has extended a cross-border aid operation into Syria from Turkey after Russia agreed to a compromise in last-minute talks with the U.S., ensuring the delivery of humanitarian help to millions of Syrians for up to 12 months.
FILE PHOTO: A worker holds bags and a box of humanitarian aid in the opposition-held IdlibUNITED NATIONS -The U.N. Security Council on Friday extended a cross-border aid operation into Syria from Turkey after Russia agreed to a compromise in last-minute talks with the United States, ensuring the delivery of humanitarian help to millions of Syrians for up to 12 months.
"We hope that it might be a turning point that is indeed in line with what Putin and Biden discussed in Geneva," Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters after the vote. "It demonstrates that we can cooperate when there is a need and when there is a will as well." The council mandate for the long-running aid operation was due to expire on Saturday. The council first authorized a cross-border aid operation into Syria in 2014 at four points, but that was whittled down last year to one point from Turkey into a rebel-held area in Syria, due to Russian and Chinese opposition.
Russia has said the aid operation is outdated and violates Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. In a swipe at the United States and others, Russia and China have also blamed unilateral sanctions for some of Syria's plight.
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