A fighter jet of Assad Regime is seen after carrying out an airstrike to Arbin town of Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria on February 24, 2018. Diaa Al Din - Anadolu
BERLIN: The leaders of Germany and France urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call to put "maximum" pressure on the Syrian government to stop fighting in eastern Ghouta, a German government spokesman said on Sunday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron made clear that a ceasefire was the basis for progress towards a political solution in the framework of the U.N.-led Geneva peace process, the German spokesman said.
