Press TV- Thousands of militants and civilians have been taken out of Aleppo over the past 24 hours as an evacuation operation in the northwestern Syrian city enters its second day.

On Friday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said more than 6,400 people, including over 3,000 militants, have been transferred out Aleppo as part of a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey.

Footage showed buses waiting to take more people out of the city, which was recently restored to full government control thanks to a determined push which had started in November.

There have been conflicting reports of the total number of those evacuated so far.

Reuters quoted an unnamed Turkish official as saying that close to 8,000 civilians had been evacuated from Aleppo. One said a sixth convoy had left the city, However, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter that more than 7,000 civilians had been evacuated in the first five convoys.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said the total number of the evacuees was closer to 8,000, including some 3,000 militants.

The International Committee of the Red Cross, however, said the evacuation operation, which started on Tuesday, could take days.

Russia seeks “nationwide” truce

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would now make efforts to pave the way for a “nationwide” ceasefire in Syria after the liberation of Aleppo from Takfiri militants.

Speaking at a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a visit to Japan on Friday, Putin said that he had agreed with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to hold peace talks on Syria in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana.

The talks would be in addition to United Nations brokered talks that have been taking place intermittently in Geneva, Putin told reporters.

In a video message to Syrians, President Bashar al-Assad said the liberation of Aleppo from the foreign backed-militants was “history in the making.”