Russia, U.S. Seek Aleppo Truce as Violence Spikes in Syria
- UN envoy says cease-fire may be used to restart talks on Syria
- Syria's most populous city before the war engulfed by violence
Staffan de Mistura with Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on May 3.
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Russia and the U.S. said a cease-fire may soon be announced for the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, which the United Nations believes could help restart talks on ending a five-year civil war.
Russia and the U.S. are completing an agreement on the cessation of hostilities and a decision is possible “in the near future, maybe even in the next few hours,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday in Moscow after talks with the UN’s envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. That could pave the way for a new round of talks between the government and opposition in Geneva, according to de Mistura and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.