MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with his British colleague William Hague on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria and the preparation of the Geneva II conference on the resolution of the crisis in Syria, according to ITAR TASS.
“The sides exchanged views on the situation in Syria, including in the context of the efforts to prepare the international conference Geneva II,” the Foreign Ministry said.
“The ministers also discussed some other pressing international and bilateral issues,” it added.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to continue efforts to convene an international conference on Syria, known as Geneva II.
“It is important that we continue to pursue, to convene a Geneva conference as soon as possible. This political resolution, political solution, is the only viable option at this time,” Ban said.
“This political … solution, is the only viable option at this time,” Ban said and vowed that he and Brahimi, would “continue to work very closely together with the United States and Russia, who were the original initiators of this.”
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