Turkey and Russia have reached an agreement on a ceasefire plan comprising the whole of Syria. The two countries will work to ensure that it comes into effect on Wednesday at midnight, Turkey's state-run news agency reported on Wednesday.
The Anadolu Agency, quoting unnamed sources, said the plan would be presented to all sides of the Syrian conflict. It aims for a ceasefire that would come into force “in all regions” where fighting between pro-government forces and opposition groups is taking place.
“Guarantors” of the Peace Process
The agency made it clear that terror organisations would be kept out of the scope of the ceasefire agreement. However, they did not elaborate on which insurgent groups would be considered terror organisations.
It said a peace process in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana would go ahead under Russia and Turkey's leadership if the ceasefire holds. Anadolu said the two countries would act as “guarantors” of the peace process.
There was no immediate confirmation from Turkey's Foreign Ministry.
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