All the states in the region should be involved in the Syrian crisis settlement, along with Russia, Turkey and Iran, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.

STRASBOURG (Sputnik)�� Syria is a "monumental challenge" to�the international community and, first and foremost, the sides need to�ensure a truce and unhindered humanitarian aid delivery.

"Of course, we have to�include all the parties involved in�the conflict, the counties in�the region and also Russia and Turkey, and I would add Iran, we need all countries around�at the negotiating table," Hollande said at�the Parliamentary Assembly of�the Council of�Europe (PACE) meeting.

On Monday, the autumn PACE plenary session kicked off�in the French city of�Strasbourg. It will last through�Friday. Late last week, Russia as�permanent UNSC representative blocked the French draft resolution on�Syrian crisis settlement, however, it was unable to�secure support for�its own draft in�the UN Security Council.

Russia's new draft resolution provided, in�particular, for�the ceasefire in�the hotspot Aleppo province, near�which an UN-Syrian Arab Red Crescent humanitarian convoy was hit by�a strike last month.

As a result, 18 of�31 trucks were destroyed and at�least 21 individuals were killed. The attack marked the collapse of�a Russia-US bilateral ceasefire agreement negotiated at�the time. Syria has been mired in�civil war since�2011, with�opposition factions and Islamist terrorist groups such as�Daesh and al-Nusra Front, now known as�Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, both outlawed in�Russia, fighting the Syrian Army.

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