Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday, October 19 that Russia ruled out extending a pause in bombing of Syria's Aleppo unilaterally, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.

Ryabkov also said Moscow did not yet see any point in a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Syria.

The Defence Ministry said on Monday that Russian and Syrian armed forces will pause attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo for eight hours on Thursday, October 20 to allow civilians and rebels to leave the city.