Aid set to arrive in Syria after powers agree to cease-fire
- 8 years ago
Humanitarian aid may soon head to Syria, just hours after diplomats here reached a deal that could lead to a cease-fire.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the temporary "cessation of hostilities" in Munich ahead of a security conference here that got underway Friday.
Dozens of world leaders and senior diplomats are attending.
The effort to achieve a cease-fire was described by Kerry as "unanimous" and "ambitious."
"The challenge now is to make sure that we can create the conditions on the ground for the cease-fire to take place," Federica Mogherini, the European Union's senior foreign affairs diplomat, told reporters in Munich.
Syria's five-year-long civil war has killed more than 250,000 people, driven more than 4 million people from the country and led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the temporary "cessation of hostilities" in Munich ahead of a security conference here that got underway Friday.
Dozens of world leaders and senior diplomats are attending.
The effort to achieve a cease-fire was described by Kerry as "unanimous" and "ambitious."
"The challenge now is to make sure that we can create the conditions on the ground for the cease-fire to take place," Federica Mogherini, the European Union's senior foreign affairs diplomat, told reporters in Munich.
Syria's five-year-long civil war has killed more than 250,000 people, driven more than 4 million people from the country and led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II.