Kerry Says Russia’s Choices Are Key to Resolving Syria Civil War
- Ending fighting requires ‘big magnanimous choices’ from Russia
- France’s Ayrault says opposition willing to negotiate
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry all but conceded that Russia holds the key to ending the Syrian Civil War and persuading the Assad regime to negotiate a political settlement.
“We’re trying to do more than wring our hands and express our outrage,” Kerry said Saturday in Paris after a meeting of countries that support Syria’s beleaguered moderate rebels. “There could be a way forward but it depends on big magnanimous choices from Russia.”