WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has renewed an offer to co-operate with Russia in the Syrian conflict, including on military matters, ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin later this week. In a statement Wednesday , Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is open to establishing no-fly zones in Syria in co-ordination with Russia as well as jointly setting up a truce monitoring and humanitarian aid delivery mechanism. Tillerson noted that the U.S. and Russia have a variety of unresolved differences but said that Syria is an opportunity for the two countries to create stability. And the offer went beyond the Obama administration’s previous proposal, suggesting that co-operation in establishing no-fly zones was possible. Tillerson noted that despite differences, the U.S. and Russia are having success in avoiding accidents between American and Russian planes flying over an extremely complex conflict zone.

Source: National Post July 06, 2017 08:03 UTC