Speaking to reporters in Amman on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that, after an early-morning conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, a provisional agreement between Moscow and Washington has been made, AFP reported.
AFP quoted Kerry as stating: "We have reached a provisional agreement, in principle, on the terms of the cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days."
He continued, "It is not yet done and I anticipate that our presidents, President Obama and President Putin, may well speak somewhere in the next days or so in order to try to complete this task."
As violence escalated in Syria last week, hope for a ceasefire on Friday in the country began to wane.
However, the Secretary of State remains optimistic that a ceasefire can still happen.
"We are in fact making progress even as I stand here today," Kerry said as he stood alongside Nasser Judeh, his Jordanian counterpart. "We are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been."
