Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Kerry To Discuss Future Of Assad At Kremlin Meetings


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will use talks in Moscow on Tuesday to try and narrow differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The US State Department says Mr. Kerry will try to prepare the ground for a third round of talks on Syria, amid doubts over whether a meeting planned for this Friday in New York will go ahead.

Here's our New York correspondent Lorna Shaddick.

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