The United States on Thursday welcomed a nationwide ceasefire deal in Syria brokered by Russia and Turkey as a "positive development," saying it hoped it would lead to fresh talks on the war-wracked country's political future, the CNN reported.
"News of a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war is a positive development," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in aRead more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday informed his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry about the ceasefire deal in Syria.
In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry said that Lavrov told Shoukry about the beginning of a political settlement of the crisis.
Earlier in the day, Lavrov expressed the hope that Egypt would join the negotiations on the Syrian settlement inRead more