Kazakhstan welcomes Syria ceasefire, urges commitment to deal

Kazakhstan endorses the Syrian ceasefire agreement and urges all sides to observe the truce, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Wednesday, according to Sputnik News Agency.

"We welcome the reaching of an agreement by Russia and the United States on the ceasefire in Syria, and call on all conflicting sides to fully comply with reached agreements," Nazarbayev said during a meeting with foreign ambassadors to Kazakhstan.

On February 22, Russia and the United States reached an agreement on a ceasefire in Syria which has been in a state of civil war since 2011.

The ceasefire took effect on Saturday. The cessation of hostilities does not apply to groups designated by the United Nations to be terrorist organizations, such as Daesh and the Nusra Front, outlawed in a number of countries, including Russia.

Source: MENA