His Comments came as US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Moscow for meeting with Putin to discuss Syria
There was no immediate indication whether the rebel forces opposing the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, would abide by the truce and observe peace
Since the civil war erupted in 2011, Assad has made only rare public appearances and nearly all of those have been in Damascus
Major ministries were kept unchanged, as Fahed Jassem al-Fraij remains the Minister of Defence