“Our approach is very simple we have nothing to negotiate ... We have the Minsk format and we need immediately just a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy artillery and weapons and tanks from the touchline, the solution is very simple - stop supplying weapons ... withdraw the troops and close the border. Very simple peace plan. If you want to discuss something different, it means you are not for peace, you are for war.”
![“From our side, from our part as government, we have two missions: the first one is to fight those terrorists to liberate that area [eastern part of Aleppo] and the civilians from those terrorists, and at the same time to try to find a solution to evacuate that area from those terrorists if they…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2e3/bashar-al-assad-1027_accepting_from-our-side-from-our-part-as-governmen_1904712.jpg)
![“I'm very pleased this military engagement together with a political road map that we developed, we were able to continue. We want to bring about a political solution there. We worked very closely together [with Barack Obama] on the issue of annexation of Crimea and Russia's attempt to actually…” quote by Angela Merkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/175/angela-merkel-2231_able_i-m-very-pleased-this-military-engagemen_2220358.jpg)
