The United States and Russia have agreed to collaborate on backing a cease-fire in southwest Syria, U.S. officials said Friday. “We had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in Syria [where] we can continue to work together,” he said. The area under discussion is far from U.S. military activity against the Islamic State, in northern and central Syria. Lavrov, at a Washington news conference at the time, placed the possible agreement in the context of broader Syrian cease-fire talks that were begun by Russia, Iran and Turkey late last year. And I think that’s the most important part of this meeting, is to have a good exchange between President Trump and President Putin over what they both see as the nature of this relationship between our two countries.”

Source: Washington Post July 07, 2017 18:52 UTC