PARIS – France’s president says discussions about a political transition in Syria will “accelerate” with the cease-fire that has held for a week across the war-wracked country.
Francois Hollande, after speaking with the leaders of Russia, Germany, Britain and Italy, said on Friday that there was agreement to take advantage of the truce to coordinate humanitarian aid and open a process of political transition in Syria.

Source: Associated Press, 4 March 2016