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Annan says Syria promises to respect ceasefire

epa03155954 (FILE) A file photograpg showing Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League's chief peace envoy to Syria, giving a statement after his address to the Security Council in New York by videolink at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 16 March 2012. Reports on 23 March 2012 state that Kofi Annan is to travel to Beijing, China, and Moscow, Russia on 24 and 25 March for talks on the current crisis in Syria. EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI

DUBAI (Reuters) – UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said on Wednesday

the Syrian government have assured him they will respect a ceasefire with rebel forces, less than 24 hours before a deadline

to suspend hostilities.

epa03155954 (FILE) A

file photograpg showing Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League's chief peace envoy to Syria, giving a statement after his

address to the Security Council in New York by videolink at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 16 March

2012. Reports on 23 March 2012 state that Kofi Annan is to travel to Beijing, China, and Moscow, Russia on 24 and 25 March

for talks on the current crisis in Syria. EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI

“I have received government

assurances they will respect the ceasefire. If everyone respects it I think by 6 in the morning on Thursday we shall see

improved conditions on the ground,” Annan said during a visit to Tehran to shore up support for his United Nations and Arab

League-backed peace plan.

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