adminsome people would like to see Annan’s plan fail in the hope of creating other scenarios, which implied primarily the use of force.
The Russian top diplomat said the leading opposition forces, including the Syrian National Council, had not officially agreed to Annan’s peace plan, which was accepted by the Damascus government.
Moscow was concerned over the ongoing attempts to privatise Annan’s plan and grant function to assess the fulfilment of the plan to self-created structures, such as the Friends of Syria group, Lavrov said.
The minister called on UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon not to delay submitting concrete proposals in the Security Council on parameters for the observer mission in Syria.
The five-member advance team of UN observers arrived in the Syrian capital overnight Sunday to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire, which was brokered by Annan and went into effect last Thursday.
Their arrival came a day after the UN Security Council unanimously approved the observer mission. The advance team will be followed by other batches of observers and the total number of monitors may eventually reach 250. — Xinhua.
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