Reuters: Russia sends proposal to Washington to send Syrian refugees back to Syria

Published July 20, 2018 at 5:06 pm

A picture taken on July 17, 2018 from the Israeli-annexed Syrian Golan Heights shows refugees coming to fence border between Syria and Israel by a camp for displaced Syrians near the Syrian village of Burayqah in the southern province of Quneitra. Air strikes killed seven civilians in a sensitive southwestern province of Syria bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a war monitor said.

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MOSCOW – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on July 20 it had sent detailed proposals to Washington on organizing the return of refugees to Syria after agreements reached by President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, the RIA news agency said.

Trump and Putin met at a summit in Helsinki on July 16, although it is unknown what they discussed at a one-on-one meeting there. The Defense Ministry said that over 1.7 million Syrian refugees would be able to return to Syria, RIA reported.