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Urgent: UN chief hails U.S.-Russian accord on Syria

Xinhua, February 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the agreement announced earlier in the day by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the terms of a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria scheduled to come into effect on Feb. 27. Enditem