Doha: Arab League ministers urged Syria for its cooperation to provide unhindered access to ceasefire monitors in meeting with U.N.-Arab special envoy Kofi Annan held here on Tuesday.
A six-day-old truce has held in some regions of Syria but fighting has persisted in others since President Bashar al-Assad pledged to honour it last week. A small U.N. observer mission went to the country this week to monitor the ceasefire.
“We request the Syrian government to help observers do their job and allow transport and the ability to reach all areas in Syria, and not to impose conditions on them that prevent them from doing their job,” a statement said.
Annan delivered a status report to the League, which has suspended Syria as a member, and discussion targeted on how to conduct the mission, a League delegate said on condition of anonymity.
“We fully support Mr Annan and his six-point plan, but sadly, the killing still goes on,” Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabr al-Thani said after the meeting. ‘We are fearful that the regime is playing for time. We expressed this to Mr Annan.”
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