Off the wire
• Ratification of AIIB "most noteworthy" resolution: Philippine Senate  • Chinese forex regulator will continue crackdown on underground banks  • 1st LD-Writethru: China's new yuan loans rebound in November  • Kremlin expects no quick change in ties with new U.S. secretary of state  • China to raise retail fuel prices  • Roundup: Warring sides resume fighting in Aleppo as truce falters  • Weather forecast for major Chinese cities, regions -- Dec. 14  • At least 1 civilian killed in attack in Ukraine's Donetsk  • Spotlight: Japan's ruling bloc steamrolls controversial casino bill through upper house amid growing social concerns  • Major news items in leading German newspapers  
You are here: 　 Home

UN observers needed for eastern Aleppo evacuation: French FM

Xinhua, December 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

French Foreign Minister Jean--Marc Ayrault Wednesday urged the United Nations to send observers in eastern Aleppo to ensure evacuation of civilians and rebel insurgents.

France called for UN observers' presence on the ground so as to guarantee the evacuation of the civilian population, Ayrault said in an interview with state-run France 2 TV.

Following a ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Ankara, rebel fighters on Dec. 13, agreed to quit Aleppo eastern area, with the evacuation due to begin earlier on Wednesday.

The situation in Aleppo has worsened rapidly after a truce accord collapsed in September, triggering an international outcry to stop hostilities in the strategically-located Syrian city which has been contested by the government forces and the rebels since 2012. Enditem