(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Washington April 12 (Petra) -- The United States expressed its deep concern about an increase in Syrian violence just ahead of planned peace talks in Geneva this week a State Department spokesman said late Monday.
"We are very very concerned about the recent increase in violence and that includes actions that are in contravention of the cessation of hostilities" spokesman Mark Toner told a news briefing.
He said Secretary of State John Kerry conveyed the U.S concerns in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Sunday.
Kerry wanted to make sure that in the next days leading up to peace talks "every extra effort is made in order to sustain and solidify the cessation of hostilities" he said.
Al-Nusrah Front and the Daesh terror group are not part of any kind of ceasefire or any kind of negotiated cessation of hostilities Toner explained.
"We need to continue to put pressure on the Daesh terrorists. We can't simply call a truce and allow them to be part of any kind of political future in Syria" the official stressed.
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