UK PM Calls for Cooperation With Moscow, Damascus to Help Syrian Civilians

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The United Kingdom will continue to press for action in the UN Security Council, but it will require cooperation of other nations, particularly Russia and Syria, if any solutions for civilian aid are to form, UK Prime Minister said in a House of Commons meeting Wednesday.

In this photo released on July 1, 2016, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Australia's SBS news channel, in Damascus, Syria - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The statement came in response to a member of parliament's question on whether or not London would lead a strategy to protect civilians in Syria.

"We are continuing to work with the United Nations but if we are to get a solution that works on the ground, then it has to be a solution that is brought into by other countries and it has to be a solution that Russia is going to buy into as well as the regime", May said.

In recent months, Aleppo became a major battleground in Syria between government forces and militants. The Russian reconciliation center said that the Syrian government army was controlling over 98 percent of the territory of Aleppo, with militants present in less than 3 square kilometers (1.1 square mile).

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