The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday called for an immediate truce in various parts of the world, to protect areas ravaged by conflict from the threat of the outbreak of the Corona virus (Covid 19).
Guterres urged warring parties to "end the disease of war and combat the disease that is sweeping our world," and he said: "This issue begins by stopping the fighting everywhere now."
He stated that it is important to help open corridors to deliver life-saving aid and open diplomatic channels, and he explained that the most vulnerable groups, women, children, the handicapped, the marginalized and the displaced, face the highest risks to incur heavy losses from Covid 19, indicating the collapse of health systems and targeting workers in the field Often medical.
Simultaneously with Guterres’s call, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated yesterday that Minister Sergey Shoigu discussed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ways to ensure a permanent ceasefire in the Syrian Idlib region during talks between them in Syria, and Shoigu also discussed with al-Assad Russia’s provision of humanitarian aid to Syria and assistance Syria's economy is recovering with the support of Russian specialists and various aspects of military and technical cooperation, and the ministry confirmed that Russia and Turkey had to reduce their second joint patrol in the Syrian Idlib region, yesterday, due to what it described as "security concerns".
And Syria, the day before yesterday, announced the registration of the first case of coronavirus, for a woman (20 years), and the Ministry of Health said that it will be subject to a quarantine for a period of 14 days.
- Russian "defense": Shoigu discussed with Assad the cease-fire in Syria and the provision of aid.