WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -. RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Washington is prepared to suspend cooperation with Russia on Syria, said State Department spokesman John Kirby.
"He informed the Foreign Minister that the US is preparing to suspend the bilateral dialogue the United States and Russia on Syria, including the establishment of a joint center for the implementation of the (truce - Ed.), If Russia does not take immediate steps to halt the offensive in Aleppo and the restoration of the cease hostilities ", - said Kirby.
According to him, Kerry also laid on Russia responsible for the use of incendiary and bunker busters in Aleppo and in general for the offensive Syrian government forces, the humanitarian situation in the city and the alleged attacks on the civilian infrastructure.
The report expressed deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Syria, "particularly the continuing attacks Russia and the Syrian regime in the hospital, water supply and other civilian infrastructure in Aleppo."
"The Secretary of State stressed that Russia have a duty to stop this offensive and allow humanitarian access in Aleppo and other areas of need," - he concluded.
Earlier, Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin said that Russia will not agree to unilateral action on Syria.
On September 19 in Syrian expired ceasefire. The Russian side noted that it was carried out only on the part of Damascus, and the opposition and the terrorists used it to regroup. At the same time in Moscow emphasized that the United States has still not fulfilled its obligations under the opposition's disengagement from terrorist groups.
The Syrian military has also said that the Syrian air force did not attack any civilian target or related civilian infrastructure, the army is impacted only military targets and clusters of terrorists, with a preliminary investigation and careful observation.
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