MOSCOW - Russia and the United States have exchanged views on “concrete steps” that should be taken in implementing the hard-won peace treaty in Syria, Russian news agency Interfax quoted Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying Tuesday.
Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry are scheduled to co-chair a meeting of the International Syria Support Group on Tuesday in Vienna, which also includes the Arab League, European countries and China. Prior to the meeting, the two held a bilateral meeting, discussing “preparations for the Syria Support Group” as well as “steps we should take to implement the earlier decisions,” Lavrov told Interfax.
The Russian foreign minister said that the United States understands the necessity for all opposing groups to attend the talks on Syrian reconciliation.
The International Syria Support Group was founded in November as a platform for related countries and world powers to find measures to end the civil war in Syria. (Xinhua)