This Kramp-Karrenbauer said in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

“The EU and the US must now work together to increase pressure on Assad and Putin, to pave the way for political negotiations and put an end to the terrible war in Syria,” she said.

Also, the head of the German defense department said that "the terrible humanitarian situation in Syria affects everyone."

Earlier, the UN called on Russia and Turkey to support a ceasefire in the Syrian province of Idlib.

Also, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council, Vasily Nebenzya, said that the Syrian army has the right to respond to the shelling that terrorists carry out from Idlib.