“The humanitarian situation in the province of Idlib is terrible, dramatic ... It is important that the cease-fire regime be observed and that Russia exerts the necessary pressure to avoid any recoil and any renewal of the battle, which would be dramatic,” the French minister said.
He recalled that three million people in the province are in extremely difficult humanitarian conditions.
According to him, the theme of the situation in Syria will be on the agenda during the talks of French leader Emmanuel Macron with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 19.
Le Drian stressed that Paris conducts a “frank, demanding, uncompromising dialogue with Moscow without any naivety”.
“We want to see if our cooperation can help resolve crises ... Be it Iran, Syria, Libya, Ukraine or human rights,” said the French foreign minister.
Earlier, Deputy Special Envoy of the United Nations in Syria Howla Matar told RT that to create the constitutional committee of the CAP, it remains to take "literally the last two steps."