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France skeptical of fighting freeze in Syria's largest city
France says it's skeptical that a freeze in fighting in parts of Syria's largest city Aleppo will ever happen and is blaming President Bashar Assad's government
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rance says it's skeptical that a freeze in fighting in parts of Syria's largest city Aleppo will ever happen and is blaming President Bashar Assad's government.
The proposal was made by the U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, who was heading to Paris for talks with French officials Wednesday on developments in the four-year-old Syrian conflict which has killed 220,000 people.
France's U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre told a press conference Tuesday that the government supports de Mistura's efforts ' but "we've expressed our skepticism regarding the initiative."
On Sunday, Syria's main opposition and rebel factions in Aleppo rejected de Mistura's proposal. It was accepted about two weeks ago by the government.
Delattre said the Assad government refused to accept conditions that would avoid a Syrian takeover of Aleppo. (***)
