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Monday 11 April 2016 - 16:37
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Syria says Turkey, Saudi Arabia ordering truce violations

The Syrian foreign minister has lashed out at Turkey and Saudi Arabia for undermininga truce agreement currently in force in the war-ravagedcountry.

Walid al-Muallem said on Monday that terrorist groups were breaking the ceasefire in Syria on the orders of Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The top Syrian diplomat said in his meetingwith United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura in Damascus that militants are continuing to stage attacks on government positions in a bid to foil forthcoming peace talks.
In a press conference after the meeting,De Mistura saidcessation of hostilities in Syria was fragile, noting that the truceneeds to be sustained.

Muallem said Syria is still committed to dialogue without preconditions, adding that the government will continue its efforts for reaching a political solution in the UN-sponsored talks beginning on April 15.

The truce agreement, engineered by the United States and Russia, has been in effectin Syria since the end of February.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Monday thatany violation is certainly dangerous for the yet unstable and fragile ceasefire" in Syria.

"Russia has consistently been working to minimize and subsequently eliminate any violations, and has been doing it, as you know, together with the United States of America within the framework of existing mechanisms, he said.

Officials in Russias reconciliation center in Syrias Hmeymim airbase said five cases of truce violations were registeredin Syria on Sunday. They said, however, that the ceasefire regime is generally holding in most provinces across Syria.

The truce agreement excludes Daesh and Nusra Front, two major terrorist groups operating in east and north of Syria.

By Press TV
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