8 December 2016, 14:54 GMT
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Over the recent months, Aleppo became a major battleground in Syria between government forces and militants. On Tuesday, the Russian reconciliation center said that the Syrian army was controlling over 98 percent of the territory of the embattled city, with militants present in less than 3 square kilometers (1.1 square mile).
"Yesterday an agreement on the ceasefire and deliveries of humanitarian aid was reached. Now we see that the Syrian regime tries to hamper it. There is readiness for the truce but there are still some ceasefire violations in various places … People continue to die that is why an urgent evacuation is needed. Yesterday I talked to Lavrov, today I will talk to him again as well as with the Iranian Foreign Ministry. We expect the yesterday agreement to be implemented," Cavuoglu told the NTV news channel.
