Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi expressed hope on Friday that Amman and Moscow would continue working together to establish a special mechanism that would allow internally-displaced Syrians to return to their homes from Rukban camp, located on the Syrian-Jordan border,
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th December, 2018) Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi expressed hope on Friday that Amman and Moscow would continue working together to establish a special mechanism that would allow internally-displaced Syrians to return to their homes from Rukban camp, located on the Syrian-Jordan border, as quickly as possible, because the delivery of humanitarian aid alone could not be the solution.
"We continue cooperation with Russia regarding the Rukban camp. There are currently some 50,000-60,000 Syrian citizens there. We hope this cooperation with our Russian friends will continue, in order to outline a joint mechanism to allow the fast return of Syrian refugees to their homes, as Jordan's position is clear: this is an obvious way to resolve the issue of Rukban camp, since humanitarian assistance is important, but it cannot resolve all the problems," Safadi said during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
The situation in Rukban camp, which is situated within the US-controlled zone surrounding its military base in At-Tanf, has been increasingly difficult as the people residing there have not been regularly receiving sufficient amounts of humanitarian aid.
In November, the camp received its first package of aid since January, after a UN humanitarian convoy traveled from Damascus to Rukban camp under the escort of the Russian military. On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the United Nations was considering sending another humanitarian convoy to Rukban by the end of the month, but only if Washington first provided security guarantees for the convoy.
On December 18, the White House announced it was withdrawing all troops deployed in Syria, a process the Pentagon has confirmed already started.
