Kerry in Geneva to push Russia on Syria ceasefire
US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Geneva on Friday to meet his Russian counterpart once again, seeking a deal with Moscow to restore a ceasefire in Syria. Senior officials travelling with Kerry said he would not have travelled to join Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov unless he thought there was a chance of making progress. Washington wants concrete steps from Russia to force its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad to stop bombing his own people and to lift the siege of the city of Aleppo.
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