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 by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Oct 29, 2019
Russia said Tuesday that Kurdish forces in northern Syria had withdrawn from areas along Turkey's border as planned under a deal between Moscow and Ankara. "The withdrawal of armed units from territory where a security corridor should be created has been completed ahead of time," Russian news agencies quoted Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying on a visit to Armenia. "Syrian border guards and our military police have been deployed there," Shoigu told his Armenian counterpart Davit Tonoyan. A deadline for the withdrawal had been set at 6:00 pm local time (1500 GMT) on Tuesday. Last week Russia and Turkey signed a deal for Russian military police and Syrian border guards to "facilitate the removal" of Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) from within 30 kilometres (18 miles) of the border. The Turkey-Russia agreement was reached after marathon talks between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
US welcomes proposed intra-Afghan talks in China Washington (AFP) Oct 29, 2019 The United States on Monday welcomed China's proposal to host a fresh meeting bringing together Afghan officials and the Taliban, after President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks with the insurgents. The Taliban last week said that China invited a delegation to talks in Beijing, the second such meeting after a dialogue in Qatar in July that was co-arranged with Germany. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy on Afghan peace, met with his colleagues from China, Russia and Pakistan last week in M ... read more
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