Kerry voices concern over new Aleppo fighting

(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Washington, Oct.25 (Petra) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov late Monday he is concerned about renewed fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo after a break of several days, the State Department said.

Lavrov and Kerry discussed the situation in Syria in a phone call and agreed that experts from several countries meeting in Geneva would continue searching for ways to resolve the Aleppo crisis, State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

"They talked about the importance of the continued multilateral discussions in Geneva and how and to get a meaningful cessation of hostilities and the delivery of humanitarian aid," State Department spokesman John Kirby said of Kerry and Lavrov.

During the call, Kerry expressed concern about the renewal of air strikes and ground attacks in Aleppo by Syrian government forces and their Russian supporters after a pause in the fighting for several days, Kirby said.

Asked whether the multilateral talks on Syria in Geneva had made progress, Kirby said only that the dialogue was "ongoing" and he had nothing further to report.

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25/10/2016 - 09:39:45 AM