Agreements reached at Syria Support Group talks in Munich - Russian diplomat

MUNICH, February 12. /TASS/. Agreements were reached at the talks of the Syria Support Group in Germany’s Munich, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told TASS on Friday. Asked by a TASS correspondent whether agreements were reached in the course of the consultations, which kicked off on Thursday night and lasted more than four hours, Gatilov said "Yes," but abstained from making any other comments. Participants in the talks stated on Thursday their main aim was to achieve some progress on the ceasefire in war-torn Syria and to establish access to humanitarian aid. Diplomatic sources earlier told TASS that February 15, 23 and March 1 were earlier thought as possible dates for starting ceasefire. The International Syria Support Group held its last meeting in Vienna on November 14. It was attended by delegations of 19 countries, including Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq, Italy, Egypt, Britain, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Iran, France, China, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Oman. EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini; UN Special Envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura and a League of Arab States (LAS) representative also took part in the consultations. Read more