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U.S. holds ‘serious’ talks with Russia on Syria
• The RawStory.comWendy Sherman, the under secretary of state for political affairs, “had very serious discussions” in Moscow with senior officials, the State Department said in a statement, calling the talks “direct and fulsome.”
Sherman explained US support for the decision to end a UN observer mission, which was “intended to monitor a ceasefire that does not exist.”
“The beginning of a political process is in the international community’s long-term interests,” she added.
Russia is the main supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the United States has repeatedly urged Moscow to do more to end the violence that activists say has claimed more than 23,000 lives in the past 17 months.