Russia-Turkey Agreement On Idlib Demilitarized Zone Intermediate Step - Lavrov

Russia-Turkey Agreement on Idlib Demilitarized Zone Intermediate Step - Lavrov

SARAJEVO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st September, 2018) The agreement to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib, reached by Russia and Turkey, is an intermediate step, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday.

"As for the Russian-Turkish agreement on Idlib, it aims primarily to eradicate the terrorist threat, which is certainly an intermediate step, because only a demilitarized zone is being formed," Lavrov told reporters.