{{International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has said the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, a decision Damascus would announce shortly.}}<\/p>\n
“After the visit I made to Damascus, there is agreement from the Syrian government for a ceasefire during the Eid,” Brahimi told a news conference at the Cairo-based Arab League on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The holiday starts on Thursday and lasts three or four days.<\/p>\n
Brahimi, a mediator appointed by the United Nations and League, did not specify the precise time period.<\/p>\n
Brahimi, who arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, is due to meet with the head of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi for talks on the 20-month conflict.<\/p>\n
The envoy wanted “a long-lasting ceasefire that will enable a political process to unfold”.<\/p>\n
The 15-member Security Council is bitterly divided over the conflict with Western nations pressing for international actions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and Russia and China blocking these moves.<\/p>\n
UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous spoke on Monday of tentative plans top assemble a peacekeeping force if the ceasefire takes hold.<\/p>\n
“We are getting ourselves ready to act if it is necessary and a mandate is approved,” Ladsous said..<\/p>\n
The Syrian authorities “are still optimistic,” deputy foreign minister Faisal Muqdad said. “The visit was successful and [Syria’s] co-operation with Brahimi is without limits.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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