"It does not appear that this indication of a peace deal has any substance at this point," the official was quoted as saying.
For the civilian population, on whom the war is taking an increasing toll, more than mere respite, the ceasefire offered a glimmer of hope and a possible indication of what peace in Afghanistan could someday look like.
The first indication that Demirtaş's recipe of peace and federalism might present a threat to Erdoğan's tarnished leadership came in the 2014 presidential election, when Demirtaş, running as the HDP candidate, scored a creditable 10%.
The American government has revealed little about what Kerry has said, but if his past comments are any indication, he may discuss the importance of peace to the Palestinian economy.
Saeb Erekat, a leading Palestinian negotiator in the peace process, said Israel's announcement was an indication of its "commitment to the destruction of peace efforts and the imposition of an apartheid regime.
The decision to lift the emergency order in Meiktila, Mahlaing, Wundwin and Thazi several months ahead of schedule was an indication that "peace and stability" had been restored, said the state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar.
In 1971 India and the U.S.S.R. concluded a 20-year Treaty of Peace and Friendship and Cooperation, an indication of how much the United States (not to mention Britain) had lost touch with the once model Third World democracy.
On 13 June Admiral Madden requested in person at the Admiralty a daily political appreciation from 17 June onwards so as to be prepared to take action, but as Madden related to Beatty shortly afterwards, "they had no reliable indication of the German attitude towards the peace terms".
Her myriad titles give some indication of this: Virgin of Virgins, Holy Mother of God, Queen of all Saints, Queen of Mercy, Queen of Peace.
But in an indication of the perils awaiting Macedonia's new peace pact, ethnic Slav and Albanian politicians signed the agreement virtually under cover of darkness yesterday to avoid protests from Slavs.
