Washington (AFP) – Top US diplomat John Kerry will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Rome on Monday, amid a toughening American response to a Kremlin-backed separatist insurgency in Ukraine.State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said on Friday that the pair would discuss the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations, as well as the crises in Ukraine and in Syria, where the United States and its partners are battling the Islamic State extremist group.The announcement came a day after US lawmakers defied President Barack Obama and approved fresh economic sanctions against Russia.The legislation also authorizes — …read more
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