Germany is ready to contribute to rebuilding Syria if a political solution was found for fair elections in the country, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Friday. ADVERTISEMENT“If there’s a political solution in Syria that leads to free elections, then we are ready to take on the responsibility of reconstruction,” wrote Maas on Twitter. “I will impress upon my colleague Lavrov our expectations that there should be no major offensive in Idlib,” Maas wrote. During a visit to Berlin in August, Putin had called on Europe to fund the reconstruction of Syria to allow millions of refugees to go home. The UN has warned a full-fledged assault on Idlib could create the century’s “worst humanitarian catastrophe”, sending thousands more fleeing.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 14, 2018 10:30 UTC