Mr Cameron, who faces a crucial vote in parliament later Wednesday about whether to authorize airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, was taking a “very important step”, Mr Kerry said. While the details of such a transition have not yet been worked out, there is growing support globally for such a solution, according to The Times Picayune.
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“This will not be won completely from the air”, Mr. Kerry acknowledged at a global security meeting on Thursday. Kerry said NATO’s invitation to Montenegro, which has been working hard to meet that alliance’s admission criteria, didn’t amount to a jab at Russian Federation.
From January 2016, Germany will take over the lead with its Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the chairperson-in-office.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) takes his seat to participate in the OSCE Ministerial Council … “We are ready to step up and expand cooperation, including in the spheres of economy and European security”, Lavrov said, according to TASS.
He was apparently referring to the spat caused by the downing of a Russian plane by Turkey. According to Tanjug, he “stressed it was necessary to empower and unite nations against Syrian terrorists”.
Kerry met his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the sidelines of the OSCE meeting, with Washington and Moscow at odds over the fate of Assad more than four years into a war that has killed over 250,000 people. The thinking is that peace between the government and moderates would allow the worldwide community to focus military efforts exclusively on defeating IS, al-Qaida’s Syria affiliate and other extremist groups. He said Ukraine needs to do its part to restore the cease-fire and begin rebuilding Ukraine’s eastern regions. “It could possibly include Arab partners but we’re not at that stage right now”.
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Mr Kerry told a news conference on Wednesday after a two-day meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation foreign ministers here that the goal of removing Assad, who has benefited from the support of Russian Federation, did not necessarily mean “regime change” in Damascus.
