NYT: U.N. Envoy Prods U.S. and Russia to ‘Revitalize’ Syria Cease-Fire
GENEVA — The United Nations special envoy for Syria closed two weeks of talks with warring parties on Thursday without setting a date for the next round, and he urged Russia and the United States to “revitalize” a collapsing cease-fire.
After briefing the United Nations Security Council by video link from Geneva late Wednesday night, the envoy, Staffan de Mistura, told reporters that he hoped to reconvene the indirect negotiations he has been mediating in Geneva sometime in May. But he made it clear that global powers first needed to revive the cessation of hostilities they negotiated at the end of February.
The truce sharply reduced hostilities in March and allowed aid groups to deliver humanitarian supplies to starving civilians in besieged areas. But United Nations officials say the Syrian government has stalled aid deliveries in recent weeks, and Mr. de Mistura acknowledged that an escalation in fighting had left the truce “barely alive.”
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WNU Editor: These peace talks are definitely dead .... but this UN envoy has to go through the motions so that everyone is positioned for when they want to do these talks seriously, they will then be able to do so.
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UN Envoy Calls for ‘Revitalized’ Syria Cease-fire -- VOA
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