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Aleppo - hopes a truce is only "hours away"

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UN envoy Staffan de Mistura is in Moscow for crisis talks on Syria.

The UN is holding intense negotiations with Russia and the US to establish a truce in conflict-torn Aleppo.



Watch live at 14:00 (MSK) press-conference of Sergey Lavrov and Staffan de Mistura https://t.co/3GARRjEAO6 pic.twitter.com/yY7vxmfNNk— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) May 3, 2016


But isn’t there already a ceasefire?


Yes.

A nationwide ceasefire was brokered by the US and Russia in February.

The aim is to salvage as much as possible.

Additionally, a unilateral truce has been in effect since the weekend in the coastal region around Latakia and the eastern area of Ghouta around the capital, Damascus.



So when will there be a truce in Aleppo?


As soon as possible, diplomats say.



#Lavrov held talks with Staffan de Mistura | #Лавров провел переговоры с С.де Мистуройhttps://t.co/bHDazJudxI— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) May 3, 2016



After the meeting in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minist

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