US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before the start of their meeting at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Paris, on January 13, 2014. Kerry, his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and UN-Arab League envoy on Syria will meet for talks aimed at finalising preparations for hoped-for peace talks between Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the opposition National Coalition.
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