Kerry Talks to Russia of Syria, Ukraine, the New Cold War
Stephen F. Cohen, NYU, Princeton University, EastWestAccord.com
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Kerry
Talks to Russia of Syria, Ukraine, the New Cold War. Stephen F.
Cohen, NYU, Princeton University, EastWestAccord.com.
"I
spoke to Foreign Minister Lavrov again today," he said.
"We
both believe that we have an understanding of the direction we are
going in and what needs to be achieved and our teams will meet
shortly and we are going to continue to do that in order to bolster
the cessation of hostilities and in order to increase our capacity to
fight back against al Qaeda, which is Nusra, as well as fight back
against ISIL," Kerry said.
"We
will also do everything in our power to improve delivery of food,
medicine, water, incredibly essential humanitarian needs," Kerry
said.
“In
a meeting with U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura in “London,
Kerry said it was vital for Moscow to use its influence with the
Assad regime to halt its attacks on opposition groups and innocent
civilians, which he said were in violation of the cessation of
hostilities.
He
also emphasized the need to end all attempts to besiege the city of
Aleppo and other besieged towns and ensure full humanitarian access
there, according to State Department Spokesperson John Kirby.
Kerry
said last week after talks with President Vladimir Putin and Lavrov
in Moscow he had reached a common understanding on the steps needed
to get Syria's peace process back on track.
“However
he declined to give details and said that more work was needed before
those steps could be implemented and that Russia and the United
States still differed over the future of Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad.
“At
the same London news conference, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris
Johnson called on Russia to use its "unique ability" to
stop the Syrian conflict by convincing Assad to put an end to five
years of fighting that have ravaged the country.
"Russia
in particular has a unique ability to persuade the Assad regime to
end the carnage and return to the negotiating table," Johnson
said….”
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