Russian military police may be deployed in Syria’s buffer zones

CAIRO – 4 July 2017: Russia’s chief negotiator at the Astana talks and Russian president’s envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev, said on Tuesday that Russia’s military police may be deployed in buffer security zones in Syria, TASS news agency reported.

"So far, it is difficult to speak about the presence of Russian monitors and defense ministry representatives, but, in general, it is supposed that Russian military police could be deployed in buffer security zones," he said.

"This issue has not yet been finally agreed. It will imply the status of de-escalation control forces," he added.