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US, Russia agree on Syria truce

Updated on: 11 September,2016 08:16 AM IST  | 
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Hope to ease suffering in the region: Kerry

US, Russia agree on Syria truce

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands at the end of a press conference closing meetings to discuss the Syrian crisis. Pic/AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands at the end of a press conference closing meetings to discuss the Syrian crisis. Pic/AFP


Geneva: The United State and Russia has agreed a plan to impose a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war and lay the foundation of a peace process, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.


Standing by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after a day of marathon talks in Geneva, Kerry said he believed the plan would lead to talks to “stop the conflict”.


“The United States and Russia are announcing a plan which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering and resume movement towards a negotiated peace and a political transition in Syria,” Kerry said “The United States is going the extra mile here because we believe Russia and my colleague have the capability to press the Assad regime to stop this conflict,” he said.

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