US, Russia to discuss Syria in Geneva

US Secretary of State John Kerry says officials from his country and Russia will meet in Switzerland to discuss the conflict in Syria.

US Secretary of State John Kerry

US and Russian officials will meet in Geneva to discuss the situation in Aleppo, John Kerry says. (AAP)

US and Russian officials will meet in Geneva on Saturday to discuss the situation in Aleppo, Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.

"We are working hard with people that we even have disagreements with in order to see if we can find a way in the name of humanity and decency to be able to protect those lives and try to separate combatants and move the process forward," Kerry said at an event with the staff and families of the US embassy in Paris, according to a State Department statement.

"Tomorrow, I will have a team from America with President (Barack) Obama's direction be in Geneva together with (the) Russians."

The civilian population in Aleppo has been squeezed into an ever-decreasing area, as the Syrian army has pressed an offensive in an operation to retake all of the city's rebel-held east and bring victory in the conflict closer for President Bashar al-Assad.


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Published 10 December 2016 1:18pm
Source: AAP


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