Russia said on Wednesday that militants in Syria’s besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta were blocking aid and the evacuation of people who want to leave, despite Moscow’s announcement of a humanitarian corridor, Reuters reports.
Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would continue to support the Syrian army in totally defeating the "terrorist threat".
"Russia together with the Syrian government has already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in eastern Ghouta," Lavrov told the Geneva forum.