Putin to receive Kerry for talks on Syria, Ukraine
July 14, 5:34 UTC+3
U.S. Secretary of State is also going to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
U.S. Secretary of State is also going to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Russia's president Vladimir Putin
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MOSCOW,
July 14. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on
Thursday, presumably to focus on the Syria and Ukraine crises.
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"On
Thursday late afternoon (July 14) President Putin will receive U.S. Secretary
of State (John) Kerry and (Russian) Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. A set of
themes is quite predictable: they include both Syria and Ukraine along with
bilateral issues (of Russia and the U.S.)," presidential spokesman Dmitry
Peskov said. However, he did not give any more concrete details, noting that
"it is Lavrov who is Kerry’s counterpart."
"We
know that they (Lavrov and Kerry) will be having substantial talks on Friday
(July 15)," the Kremlin spokesman said.
Syria crisis
Earlier,
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that violations of the ceasefire in Syria by
armed groups controlled by Jabhat al-Nusra (a terrorist organization banned in
Russia - eds. TASS) but claiming their commitment to the cessation of
hostilities were the theme Russia was set to discuss with the U.S. secretary of
state.
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The
U.S. State Department said that Kerry would focus on the next stage in
implementation of the ceasefire in Syria.
Peskov
pointed out that a possibility of the meeting between Putin and Kerry "was
mentioned during a recent conversation between Putin and U.S. President
(Barack) Obama," held on July 6. The Kremlin said then, "Putin called
his interlocutor’s attention to the need to dissociate moderate Syrian
opposition from the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group and other extremists to whom
the ceasefire regime does not spread as early as possible. Both sides confirmed
readiness to build up military coordination of Russian and American actions in
Syria and stressed the importance to resume the U.N.-brokered intra-Syrian
dialogue with the aim to reach the conflict’s political settlement."
Ukraine conflict
Speaking
about the Ukraine conflict to Obama, Putin "again pointed to the
importance of strict implementation by Kiev of the Minsk Agreements of February
12, 2015, including organization of real direct dialogue with Donetsk and
Lugansk, the holding of amnesty, the granting of a special status to the
Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and joint development of the law on
local elections."
Besides,
the Kremlin said that both presidents "underscored there was no
alternative to resolve the conflict but for a political solution and pointed to
the need to activate efforts for prevention of any ceasefire violations, for
full implementation of the withdrawal of heavy weapons and disengagement of warring
sides.".
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