Russian, U.S. positions on Syria are getting closer, Lavrov says


  • World
  • Friday, 29 May 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and U.S. positions on Syria are getting closer, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after several high-level contacts between Moscow and Washington this month over the conflict.

"Indeed, I think our positions with the United States are getting closer, first and foremost in regard to statements that there can be no alternative to a political solution in Syria," Lavrov told a news conference.

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