Envoy says UN to push for overall Syrian ceasefire
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said the UN is pushing to hold a ceasefire agreement in the whole of the country ravaged by war since 2011.
Pederson told reporters after having met Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad in the capital Damascus, AP reported.
Syria’s economic situation is “extremely difficult as close to 15 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance,” Pederson said.
The UN Special Envoy added based on the UN Resolution 2245 no political breakthrough was reached in the country.
“Since March 2020, we have a ceasefire in place, we have front lines that are not shifted but still too many civilians are being killed so that’s still a challenge. We will continue to work to try to see if there is a possibly for a nationwide cease-fire,” the UN Special envoy added.
In 2020 the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached a ceasefire agreement in a bid to contain a conflict in Idlib, northwest Syria, which displaced nearly a million people in three months.
Russia and Turkey back opposing sides in Syria’s conflict, with Moscow supporting President Bashar Assad and Turkey backing opposition parties.
There are no precise figures on deaths and injuries after a decade-long conflict that displaced millions within the country and made thousands elsewhere.