April 11, 2016

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry stressed the need for further cooperation between Moscow and Washington to ensure a ceasefire in Syria on Sunday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

In a phone conversation, the two sides agreed to ramp up the campaign against terrorist groups in the war-torn country, and to take additional actions to prevent extremist militants from being bolstered by combatants and weapons abroad, the ministry said in an online statement.

The statement came as the internationally-brokered negotiations aimed to find a political settlement of the Syria crisis have gained traction during the past several weeks."

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