U.N. says Syria blocks aid promised under U.S.-Russia peace deal
GENEVA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Syria's government is holding up delivery of U.N. aid that was supposed to move unhindered under a U.S.-Russian peace deal, United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday.
"We have a problem," de Mistura told reporters in Geneva. "The government, I repeat the government, was expected to provide facilitation letters - it's a bureaucratic word, translated into English, permits, authorisations," he said.
"Those facilitation letters, i.e. final permission for the U.N. to actually reach those areas (needing aid), have not been received," he said, adding that they were required immediately. (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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