Five global powers agree on UN Security resolution draft to settle Syrian crisis – reports
U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Foreign Minister of Russia
Sergey Lavrov are seen seated next to each other before a meeting of
Foreign Ministers about the situation in Syria at the Palace Hotel in
the Manhattan borough of New York December 18, 2015. © Carlo Allegri
/ Reuters
RT,
18
December, 2015
The
five permanent UNSC members have agreed on a draft of a resolution
calling for a ceasefire and political settlement in Syria, agencies
report, citing diplomat sources. The official vote is expected in the
coming hours.
The
draft demands that all parties to the Syrian conflict “immediately
cease any attacks against civilians,”
Reuters reports. A mechanism to monitor the truce is to be worked out
within a month.
The
draft resolution would also ask the UN to convene formal talks on a
transitional government. The talks between the regime and opposition
are targeted for early January.
Foreign
ministers from 18 countries as well as the UN and Arab League
representatives gathered in New York Friday to push the Syria
roadmap.
Apart
from the UN and the Arab League, the group also includes Russia, the
US, the EU, the UK, Germany, France, China, Egypt, Jordan, Iran,
Iraq, Italy, Qatar, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
and Turkey, who have already met twice in Vienna in the last six
weeks and drafted a road map for the Syrian conflict reconciliation.
Vienna talks: New elections to be held in Syria within 18 months
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Earlier,
Jordan, which was tasked with listing terrorist organizations in
Syria, presented a document that includes 160 extremist groups, RIA
Novosti reported, citing sources in the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“The
list reflects positions of different sides,” Jordanian
Foreign Minister Nasser Judah, who presented the document during the
ISSG talks in New York, also said, according to TASS.
On
Thursday, the UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution
submitted jointly by Russian and the US which allows punishing
individuals or companies involved in trade with Islamic State or
other terror groups.
UNSC unanimously adopts resolution targeting #ISIS finances http://on.rt.com/6ztg
On
Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with his Russian
counterpart Sergey Lavrov as well as with the Russian President
Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Russia
and the US managed to reach an agreement on some “critical” issues
concerning Syria in particular. Kerry said that the positions of the
US and Russia on Syria are “fundamentally
very similar” and
expressed readiness to further cooperation.
'Happy to have the opportunity to meet with Kerry and talk' - Putin http://on.rt.com/6zjy
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