MOSCOW: The United States and Russia agreed to plough on with efforts to halt Syria’s brutal civil war, with a fresh round of international crisis talks set for this week in New York.
After a three-hour meeting in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State John Kerry, the two sides appeared to be a step closer to each other’s positions on Syria, though differences remained on the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
In a stark reminder of the urgency of the quest — and even as the US envoy and the Kremlin leader were meeting Tuesday — a …read more
Source: The Manila Times
