Fiji retracts statement on fate of its UN troops in Syria
Fiji on Wednesday may have jumped the gun by announcing that its 45 United Nations peacekeepers who are being held captive by Syrian insurgents would be freed soon.
The South Pacific nation later tried to retract the comments, but by then they had been reported around the world.
At a Wednesday morning news conference in Suva, Fiji's military chief said Fiji had been told by UN headquarters in New York that the Nusra Front had agreed to release the men later this week without any conditions or demands.
