‘Annan’s Syria peace plan on track ‘

Annan’s spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said Friday that it is too early to determine whether Annan’s initiative has failed to end violence in Syria and other approaches are needed.

“The Annan plan is on track and a crisis that has been going on for over a year is not going to be resolved in a day or a week,” Fawzi, told journalists in Geneva.

He also said the presence of UN observers helped to reduce some of the worst violence in Syria, stressing that the international community should continue to support the peace plan.

“There are signs on the ground of movement, albeit it is slow and small. There are also signs behind the scenes you don’t see because this mediation effort by definition is conducted below the radar,” he added.

Fawazi’s remarks came one day after the White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the UN-brokered ceasefire in Syria, which is part of Annan’s peace plan, is not working and that it is time to try another tactic.

Meanwhile, the head of the UN observers Norwegian Maj. Gen. Robert Mood has also said that there is still “a good chance and an opportunity” to break the cycle of violence in Syria.

Annan is expected to brief the United Nations Security Council on the Syria situation by video link from Geneva next Tuesday.

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