PARIS (AP) — France’s president says discussions about a political transition in Syria will “accelerate” with the cease-fire that has held for a week across the war-wracked country.
Francois Hollande, after speaking with the leaders of Russia, Germany, Britain and Italy, said on Friday that there was agreement to take advantage of the truce to coordinate humanitarian aid and open a process of political transition in Syria.
He did not offer a deadline or precisions.
High-level international discussions about Syria have intensified since the nearly week-old cease-fire went into effect, although it does not include fighters from the Islamic State group.
British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond, also in Paris, said the hope is that ultimately a cease-fire would allow Syria’s moderate opposition and backers of the Assad government to work out a solution and fight the extremists together.
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