Syria accepts ceasefire under Kofi Annan's plan

A ceasefire has gone into effect in Syria in line with a peace plan proposed by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan in efforts to bring an end to more than a year of turmoil in the country.

The ceasefire came into effect at 6:00 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Thursday. It was part of the six-point plan Annan proposed to Damascus in March.

Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that he had received a written pledge from the Syrian foreign ministry to “cease all military fighting throughout the Syrian territory as of 6:00 a.m. tomorrow (0300 GMT).”

The Syrian government, however, has issued a warning that security forces would “respond proportionately to any attacks carried out by armed terrorist groups against civilians, government forces or public and private property.”


/PressTV/