Assad Agrees to Annan’s April 10 Ceasefire Deadline

Damascus has agreed to an April 10 deadline to partially implement UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan, the former UN secretary general told the Security Council.

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about 1 year ago

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World, Breaking International News, Middle East & North Africa, Middle East

Topics

Middle East & North Africa

People

Bashar al-Assad, Kofi Annan

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Syria

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syrian civil war, syrian opposition, assad regime, syrian reconciliation talks, un security council, un, ceasefire

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any news in two of the peace with syria and the international envoy to the country has briefed the u n security council approved rest of his mission of finance said in damascus is agreed too stop implementing the cease fire within forty eight hours over the full intent of senior diplomat has more from new york what we do know so far is that mister fund on thursday aground in syria so far as implementing a cease fire he also suggested the security council to consider upgrading to a cease fire monitor mission but the biggest news so far or did you start on highs of three two with eight goals ten deadline for partial implementation of all of its six point peace plan and up forty two what's that syria has agreed a two stop all acts of violence within forty eight hours of that april tenth deadline that we have been reporting that kofi annan on tuesday laid out a six point peace plan but few weeks back calling on both sides are in syria two stop fighting stop their troop movements and stop the use of heavy artillery in heavily populated area from the very beginning russia has fully supported kofi annan on six point peace plan for syria most recently russia as far as minister sergei lavrov reiterated moscow's support but this is a lot of growth indicated that that it could be undermined by those that showing more support for the armed opposition in syria russia is committed to implementing the new fee announced planned and we call simply pushing the syrian government's stake from its stance in line with their finance professor at the court in two weeks the syrian government the defense could begin deployment of u s forces this is the position today is part of that we expect our western partners and some arab states this isn't the same signal to the armed groups are also responsible for bloodshed in syria they're just over a week and seventeen nations gathered in other words the group but that's a virtual frenzy of syria the united states indicated that it would increase its financing forty two of the syrian people now some goals countries announced the establishment of a multimillion dollar plan to financially support those that fighting off president bush are less sides governments