In trying to find a way to stop the bloodshed in Syria and settle the conflict in the breakaway eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, Western foreign ministers have taken to guardedly praising Russia’s constructive role. This week (May 17), in Vienna, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov co-chaired another session of the International Syria Support Group with his counterpart from the United States, Secretary of State John Kerry. And according to Lavrov, Kerry “made additional assurances to put more pressure on the Syrian opposition and its foreign sponsors” to fully comply with an overall ceasefire and return to negotiations …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation