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Kerry warns Assad regime and allies against exploiting truce

Published: 13 Mar 2016 - 04:01 pm | Last Updated: 08 Nov 2021 - 03:25 am
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United States Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and French Foreign Ministry's political director Nicolas de Riviere arrive for a meeting on the Mideast crisis on March 13, 2016 at the Quai d'Orsay ministry in Paris. / AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES

Paris: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday warned the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and its allies including Russia against exploiting the fragile ceasefire in Syria for their own means.

"If the regime and its backers think they can test boundaries, diminish their compliance in certain areas, or act in ways that call into question their commitment to the cessation -- without serious consequences for the progress we have made -- they are mistaken," Kerry said after talks with his European allies in Paris.

AFP