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| AP leaks one of the 5 Syria ceasefire docs, Moscow says always wanted them public | AP leaks one of the 5 Syria ceasefire docs, Moscow says always wanted them public |
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| AP news agency has published a leaked document from the Russia-US brokered Syria ceasefire deal, one of five such documents. Moscow says it has always called on Washington to make the ceasefire documents public. | AP news agency has published a leaked document from the Russia-US brokered Syria ceasefire deal, one of five such documents. Moscow says it has always called on Washington to make the ceasefire documents public. |
| The text leaked by AP represents part of the ceasefire agreement signed between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart, John Kerry, on September 9 in Geneva. | |
| Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday that Russia had always called for the documents to be made public. | |
| “We believe that the publishing of these documents will contribute directly to their implementation and the way toward the Syrian settlement," the diplomat went on to say. | |
| Zakharova added, however, that she is surprised that the documents have been leaked instead of publishing them “on the official website of the State Department.”“But that represents the style of our American colleagues,” she said. | |
| The document in question includes the details of the initial two-day ceasefire, which came into effect on September 12. Both Russia and the US agreed to use their influence on the western-backed rebels and the Syrian government to stick to the truce. | |
| Humanitarian aid deliveries are also described in detail by the document. | |
| On September 19, the Syrian army declared an end to the cessation of hostilities, citing numerous attacks by the “terrorist groups.” The Syrian government claimed that instead of using the time to allow human aid deliveries, the militants amassed more troops and regrouped reinforcements. |