“So far we haven’t seen steps as a ceasefire in Idlib, Syria" - US Special Rep. for Syria Engagement

The United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement, James Jeffrey, expressed concern about the regional dimension of the Syrian conflict, particularly about “Iranian power projection out of Syria, aimed at our friends and allies in the region.”
Speaking to reporters after closed consultations with the Security Council, Jeffrey said, “we want to resolve this conflict, not only because of the internal dimension of it – as terrible as that is – but is has drawn in five outside powers whose military forces are engaged in one another’s operations for their own security inside of Syria and run the risk of colliding with each other.”
The US diplomat said, “so far we haven’t seen steps such as a ceasefire in Idlib, such as the convening of the constitutional committee, that would give us confidence that the Assad regime actually understands what it must do to help end this conflict.”
He stressed that “there is overwhelming international support for an immediate ceasefire in Idlib, and this international support is only growing.”
Regarding talks held in Sochi that included Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as well as US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, he said, “we believe that there is a sincere interest in finding a solution to this conflict, but this is going to take hard decisions. Hard decisions not only by us, but hard decisions by the Russians and hard decisions, most of all by the Syrian Regime.”