New York: Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the ceasefire in Syria is holding and some aid is getting through but that US and Russian officials are meeting to see if it can continue.
"The basic ceasefire is holding but fragile," Kerry told reporters in New York between bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
"Humanitarian assistance is moving today to some eight different locations," he added.
"But we're waiting to get the full download from our team that is meeting now with the Russians in Geneva. That process is continuing and we'll see where we are in the course of the day."
Earlier, Russia's defense ministry had appeared to bury the week-old truce it agreed with the United States, saying rebel violations made it "pointless" for Syrian troops to uphold it.
After months of negotiations, the United States and Russia agreed on September 9 to call for a ceasefire, the delivery of aid and the joint targeting of Islamist rebels in Syria.
The ceasefire ran into trouble at the weekend when rebel-held districts of Aleppo came under a barrage of air strikes and the US-led coalition killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in an attack that Washington said was unintentional.
A senior military source in Damascus told AFP that the truce would expire later Monday at 7:00 pm (1600 GMT) if no extension was announced.
AFP
