Syria hands Aleppo ceasefire plan to Russia, wants prisoner swap


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  • Friday, 17 Jan 2014

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (L) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov enter a hall before the talks in Moscow, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Pool

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Friday he had handed Russia plans for a ceasefire with rebel forces in Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, and was ready to exchange lists on a possible prisoner swap.

Washington and Moscow have been trying to negotiate some confidence-building measures between the warring sides and allow humanitarian aid to flow to areas worst hit in the nearly three-year-old civil war.

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