Lavrov: Cessation of hostilities in Aleppo to be announced in coming hours

A cessation of hostilities in the Syrian city of Aleppo will be announced in the coming hours, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday after talks with UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura. 
Lavrov was quoted by RT as adding that the US and Russian militaries are currently holding talks on the Aleppo ceasefire. 
"I hope that in the coming hours such an agreement will be announced," the minister said after the meeting in Moscow. 
According to UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura, the stalled Syria peace talks could be resumed if an Aleppo ceasefire is agreed. He added that there is now a possibility to relaunch the ceasefire by extending local truces. 
"I have a feeling and a hope that we can relaunch this," De Mistura said. "We all hope that ... in a few hours we can relaunch the cessation of hostilities. If we can do this, we will be back on the right track."

Source: QNA