Kerry made clear that there were still differences on the future of Assad, a close ally of Russian Federation and Iran who Western countries want ousted, as well as on the question of which Syrian opposition groups will have a seat at the table in talks with the government.
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Trump pointed to his experience as a dealmaker and said that while some see Russia as a problem for the United States – most in the Republican Party have described Russia as the U.S.’s top global adversary – Trump said one “could also see Russia being a really big asset to our country”.
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Foreign ministers from 17 countries met on and off for more than five hours to overcome divisions on the text.
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At an earlier ministerial meeting, Ban said he urged the government and opposition to implement confidence-building measures, including a halt to the use of barrel bombs and other indiscriminate weapons against civilians, as well as granting unconditional access to aid convoys, lifting restrictions on the delivery of medical aid and releasing all detainees.
Asked about Putin’s comments, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said they sounded pretty close to an endorsement of Trump.
The members of the body are representatives of political opposition groups inside and outside Syria.
Within six months, the process should establish “credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance”, and set a schedule for drafting a new constitution. This means that airstrikes by Russia, France and the U.S.-led coalition apparently would not be affected, nor would military action by the extremists.
But others said many remained anxious about his past links to Assad’s Baath party.
“We need to make sure the political process is irreversible in the face of this severe threat posed by global terrorism”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said as he headed into the meeting at a NY hotel. “Without peace talks, the cease-fire can not be sustained”.
Mohammad Javad Zarif told The Associated Press on Thursday that his country has seen “no lists we can agree upon” of Syrian opposition groups that should be included in peace negotiations set to begin by January 1, or of Syrian groups that should be considered terrorist organizations instead.
“There will be no concession”, he told reporters on Friday.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with Takfiri terrorists from various groups, including the Daesh, now controlling parts of it. In recent months, the two countries have split on how to fight Islamic State in Syria.
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Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed.
