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Wednesday 24 Feb 2016 - 13:52 Makkah mean time-15-5-1437
US Secretary of State John Kerry (AFP photo)
Moscow (IINA) – Russia is not aware of any "plan B" for cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria, a source in the Foreign Ministry told Russian news agency TASS on Wednesday, in response to remarks made in Washington in this regard.
"The Russian side is not aware of any ‘plan B’ that US is talking about. Intensive work on the statement was carried out, and it is necessary to hurl all effort into its practical implementation," the source said.
While giving testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said “plan B” options are being considered should the Syrian ceasefire and political transition fail.
He said that it would be a matter of “one or two months” before the US sees if countries in the region are serious about a political transition in Syria and whether or not the Syrian government is committed as well.
“We’re going to know in a month or two whether or not this transition process is really serious... [Syrian President Bashar] Assad himself is going to have to make some real decisions about the formation of a transitional governance process that’s real. If there isn’t... there are certainly Plan B options being considered,” Kerry added.
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