Putin points to Obama’s constructive stance on Syrian truce

MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pointed to the constructive position of U.S. President Barack Obama on establishing the truce in Syria. "We realize that what we have managed to do in the Syrian direction could only be achieved thanks to the stance of the top U.S. political leadership, the stance of President Obama," Putin said at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. A ceasefire regime has been in force in Syria since February 27. The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra groups (both banned in Russia) as well as other armed formations, which the U.N. Security Council has recognized to be terrorist, have been excluded from the ceasefire. Read more