"The Russian side is extremely alarmed by the transfer of military equipment of the Turkish Armed Forces and the construction of fortifications at strong points in the area of the settlement of Ayn Issa, Raqqa province. These actions violate the status quo established by the memorandum of understanding and undermine the efforts of both sides in resolving the Syrian conflict," Karpov said.
Over the past 24 hours no shelling by Turkey-controlled illegal armed formations was registered, he added.
Rear Adm. Karpov also added at the briefing that Jabhat al-Nusra* shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 30 times over the past 24 hours.
Rear Adm. Karpov said Russian military police units had conducted patrols in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqa and al-Hasakah.
He also said Russian military police continued to escort civilian vehicles on the M4 highway between the Raqqa and al-Hasakah provinces.
The Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Control over the Movement of Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic was created in February 2016. The center's tasks include the signing of agreements on illegal armed groups and individual settlements joining the regime of cessation of hostilities, as well as coordinating the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Russia, Turkey, and Iran are currently the ceasefire guarantors in war-torn Syria, where a civil conflict broke out in 2011, with numerous armed opposition factions and terrorist groups fighting the government of President Bashar Assad.
Turkey unilaterally deployed troops to northern Syria in October 2019 in a military operation seeking to clear the borderline areas of the Kurdish militia, whom Ankara designated to be a terrorist organization.
Russia deployed troops to Syria at the request of the Syrian government in 2015 to assist it in fighting the terrorists.
*Jabhat al-Nusra (also known as Al-Nusra Front, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, or al-Qaeda in Syria) is a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other states
