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| Russia and the United States will host a foreign minister meeting about the Syria war on Saturday in Switzerland, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday. | Russia and the United States will host a foreign minister meeting about the Syria war on Saturday in Switzerland, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday. |
| It will be the first high-level, face-to-face diplomacy between the Russians and Americans on the conflict since efforts to revive a collapsed cease-fire ended in acrimony more than a week ago when the Americans suspended them. | It will be the first high-level, face-to-face diplomacy between the Russians and Americans on the conflict since efforts to revive a collapsed cease-fire ended in acrimony more than a week ago when the Americans suspended them. |
| A statement posted on Russia’s Foreign Ministry website said Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry would jointly host Saturday’s meeting in the Swiss city of Lausanne. The statement said participants would include “a number of key countries in the region to consider possible further steps to create conditions for the settlement of the Syrian crisis.” | A statement posted on Russia’s Foreign Ministry website said Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry would jointly host Saturday’s meeting in the Swiss city of Lausanne. The statement said participants would include “a number of key countries in the region to consider possible further steps to create conditions for the settlement of the Syrian crisis.” |
| John Kirby, the State Department spokesman, confirmed in a statement that Mr. Kerry would participate in the Lausanne meeting “with key regional partners” on Saturday and that Mr. Kerry would attend another meeting in London on Sunday “with key regional and international partners” concerning Syria. The statement said the purpose was to “discuss a multilateral approach to resolving the crisis in Syria, including a sustained cessation of violence and the resumption of humanitarian aid deliveries.” | |
| Neither the Russian nor American statements specified which other countries would be represented. | |
| Western officials said the foreign ministers of Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia would attend the Lausanne meeting. They also raised the possibility that Iran might participate. | |
| The Turks, Qataris and Saudis are allies of the United States, backing an assortment of Syrian rebels seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. Russia and Iran, Mr. Assad’s principal military supporters, contend they are helping the Syrian government battle terrorists. | The Turks, Qataris and Saudis are allies of the United States, backing an assortment of Syrian rebels seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. Russia and Iran, Mr. Assad’s principal military supporters, contend they are helping the Syrian government battle terrorists. |
| The Lausanne meeting, if it proceeds, would represent at least a pullback from the atmosphere of increased hostility and recrimination between the United States and Russia since the collapse of the cease-fire agreement they negotiated a month ago. | The Lausanne meeting, if it proceeds, would represent at least a pullback from the atmosphere of increased hostility and recrimination between the United States and Russia since the collapse of the cease-fire agreement they negotiated a month ago. |
| The Americans and their allies have accused the Russians and Syrians of war crimes over the relentless bombing of insurgent redoubts in the northern city of Aleppo, which has left hundreds of civilians dead including many children. Russia and Syria have rejected the accusations. | The Americans and their allies have accused the Russians and Syrians of war crimes over the relentless bombing of insurgent redoubts in the northern city of Aleppo, which has left hundreds of civilians dead including many children. Russia and Syria have rejected the accusations. |
| On Saturday, Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution, sponsored by France, that was aimed at reviving the cease-fire and allowing humanitarian access to civilian victims, part of a broader Western diplomatic effort to embarrass the Russians. | On Saturday, Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution, sponsored by France, that was aimed at reviving the cease-fire and allowing humanitarian access to civilian victims, part of a broader Western diplomatic effort to embarrass the Russians. |
| The Syria war, now in its sixth year, has left an estimated 500,000 people dead and half of the country’s population displaced. | The Syria war, now in its sixth year, has left an estimated 500,000 people dead and half of the country’s population displaced. |