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The United States and Russia said they are ready to make progress on the technical level to be able to check who is (responsible) for breaking the ceasefire. – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are very afraid as shooting from rocket launchers and shelling has not stopped since the ceasefire, our school was destroyed on April 4. It has been partly restored since then, but the kids are still afraid to go out. – Maral Abdullayeva	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The line they are trying to draw now would prohibit any kind of incursion of Aleppo, it will not allow Aleppo to fall, if Assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions, and one of them may be the total destruction of the ceasefire and then go back to war. I don't think Russia wants that. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The process of agreeing a ceasefire in Aleppo is being finished right now between Russian and American military personnel, i hope that in the near future, maybe even in the coming hours, such a decision can be announced. – Sergei Lavrov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The regime’s big conundrum was that it was unable to carry out offensives on multiple fronts, the ceasefire allowed them to focus militarily on a few key areas. Their continued military actions have been tolerated by the international community because no-one wants to see the ceasefire dead. – Valerie Szybala	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We stand by the agreement of Minsk and put a lot of importance on its implementation as soon as possible, we still have no stable ceasefire and we must advance on the political process and we discussed in detail the next steps needed. – Angela Merkel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have ... again demanded that we have zones where the ceasefire is particularly enforced and where a significant level of security can be guaranteed. – Chancellor Angela Merkel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Russia, no less than Azerbaijan and Armenia, has an interest in there being peace in this region, our region, the ceasefire agreement is the foundation for unfreezing talks between Baku and Yerevan. – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If Russia wants the sanctions lifted, then its course of actions is very clear. It has to comply completely with its obligations under the Minsk agreements, unfortunately, what we've seen over the last couple of months, is an increase in violations of the ceasefire. – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Unfortunately, what we've seen over the last couple of months, is an increase in violations of the ceasefire. – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We've gone backwards over the last few months with more and more violations of the ceasefire. – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Of particular concern to us is the sharp increase in violations of the ceasefire and firing on the contact line that we have seen since the new year but which have accelerated quite a bit in the last few weeks, unless and until we can get true quiet on the line and get full OSCE access it is going to be hard to move onto other aspects of Minsk. – The State Department official	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Morocco wants to clear the table, erase it all and have nothing to do with the mission. They want to show the question of the referendum is done and doesn't exist, when Morocco expels civilian staff it puts the ceasefire at risk, because the ceasefire and the referendum are two inseparable twins. You kill one and you kill the other. – Mohamed Said Ould Salek	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Syrians used military grade chemical weapons and lately have been using materials, chlorine, against civilians, including in these very days, after the supposed ceasefire, dropping barrels of chlorine on civilians. – Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The decision on whether they will be on Monday or slightly later will be taken in the next few days, depending on what is happening on the ground, we don't want discussions in Geneva to become a discussion about infringements or not of the ceasefire, we want them to actually address the core of everything. – De Mistura	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Today by midday Damascus time all warring sides in Syria had to confirm to us or to our American partners their agreement to adhere to a ceasefire, that information has already reached us. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They want to exploit the ceasefire and focus their fire on Daraya to take it. This will be the first breach. We won't accept it. – Alwiyat Seif al-Sham	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If we were talking about a total ceasefire we would be talking about a ceasefire all over the place. Until this happens we need to assess the security situation on the ground to ensure protection of civilians and humanitarian actors. – Iyad Nasr	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been, and I take nothing for granted about this. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We have reached a provisional agreement in principle on the terms of a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days, the modalities for a cessation of hostilities are now being completed. In fact, we are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The modalities for a cessation of hostilities are now being completed. In fact, we are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If they take the position that they don't need any ceasefire, and they need to fight on to the end and to victory, then this conflict is going to carry on for a very long time. And it's frightening to imagine that. – Vitaly Churkin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As part of the Munich Agreement ... all sides are called on - even before the start of a ceasefire - to contribute to an immediate reduction in violence, that goes for Russia and the Syrian regime's military operations around Aleppo and the latest attacks by PYD militias in northern Syria. In view of the tense situation, Turkey too must show restraint. – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We see a multiplication of incidents, violations of the ceasefire, we've seen cases of redeployment of heavy armaments closer to the contact line ... and multiple rocket launchers, artillery being used. – Lamberto Zannier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

The United States and Russia said they are ready to make progress on the technical level to be able to check who is (responsible) for breaking the ceasefire.

– German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are very afraid as shooting from rocket launchers and shelling has not stopped since the ceasefire, our school was destroyed on April 4. It has been partly restored since then, but the kids are still afraid to go out.

– Maral Abdullayeva

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The line they are trying to draw now would prohibit any kind of incursion of Aleppo, it will not allow Aleppo to fall, if Assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions, and one of them may be the total destruction of the ceasefire and then go back to war. I don't think Russia wants that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The process of agreeing a ceasefire in Aleppo is being finished right now between Russian and American military personnel, i hope that in the near future, maybe even in the coming hours, such a decision can be announced.

– Sergei Lavrov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The regime’s big conundrum was that it was unable to carry out offensives on multiple fronts, the ceasefire allowed them to focus militarily on a few key areas. Their continued military actions have been tolerated by the international community because no-one wants to see the ceasefire dead.

– Valerie Szybala

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We stand by the agreement of Minsk and put a lot of importance on its implementation as soon as possible, we still have no stable ceasefire and we must advance on the political process and we discussed in detail the next steps needed.

– Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have ... again demanded that we have zones where the ceasefire is particularly enforced and where a significant level of security can be guaranteed.

– Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Russia, no less than Azerbaijan and Armenia, has an interest in there being peace in this region, our region, the ceasefire agreement is the foundation for unfreezing talks between Baku and Yerevan.

– Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If Russia wants the sanctions lifted, then its course of actions is very clear. It has to comply completely with its obligations under the Minsk agreements, unfortunately, what we've seen over the last couple of months, is an increase in violations of the ceasefire.

– British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unfortunately, what we've seen over the last couple of months, is an increase in violations of the ceasefire.

– British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We've gone backwards over the last few months with more and more violations of the ceasefire.

– British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Of particular concern to us is the sharp increase in violations of the ceasefire and firing on the contact line that we have seen since the new year but which have accelerated quite a bit in the last few weeks, unless and until we can get true quiet on the line and get full OSCE access it is going to be hard to move onto other aspects of Minsk.

– The State Department official

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Morocco wants to clear the table, erase it all and have nothing to do with the mission. They want to show the question of the referendum is done and doesn't exist, when Morocco expels civilian staff it puts the ceasefire at risk, because the ceasefire and the referendum are two inseparable twins. You kill one and you kill the other.

– Mohamed Said Ould Salek

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Syrians used military grade chemical weapons and lately have been using materials, chlorine, against civilians, including in these very days, after the supposed ceasefire, dropping barrels of chlorine on civilians.

– Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The decision on whether they will be on Monday or slightly later will be taken in the next few days, depending on what is happening on the ground, we don't want discussions in Geneva to become a discussion about infringements or not of the ceasefire, we want them to actually address the core of everything.

– De Mistura

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today by midday Damascus time all warring sides in Syria had to confirm to us or to our American partners their agreement to adhere to a ceasefire, that information has already reached us.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They want to exploit the ceasefire and focus their fire on Daraya to take it. This will be the first breach. We won't accept it.

– Alwiyat Seif al-Sham

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If we were talking about a total ceasefire we would be talking about a ceasefire all over the place. Until this happens we need to assess the security situation on the ground to ensure protection of civilians and humanitarian actors.

– Iyad Nasr

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been, and I take nothing for granted about this.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We have reached a provisional agreement in principle on the terms of a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days, the modalities for a cessation of hostilities are now being completed. In fact, we are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The modalities for a cessation of hostilities are now being completed. In fact, we are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If they take the position that they don't need any ceasefire, and they need to fight on to the end and to victory, then this conflict is going to carry on for a very long time. And it's frightening to imagine that.

– Vitaly Churkin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As part of the Munich Agreement ... all sides are called on - even before the start of a ceasefire - to contribute to an immediate reduction in violence, that goes for Russia and the Syrian regime's military operations around Aleppo and the latest attacks by PYD militias in northern Syria. In view of the tense situation, Turkey too must show restraint.

– German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We see a multiplication of incidents, violations of the ceasefire, we've seen cases of redeployment of heavy armaments closer to the contact line ... and multiple rocket launchers, artillery being used.

– Lamberto Zannier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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