U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will meet with foreign ministers from Europe and the Middle East in Munich on Thursday after talks between the Assad regime and opposition broke down last week and Assad’s Russian-backed encirclement of Aleppo stokes an exodus of Syrian refugees, Bloomberg Business reported.
The talks in the Bavarian capital, which include United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, are the first in that format since December in New York, when the UN Security Council passed a resolution aimed at establishing a cease-fire in Syria. Most participants will stay on for this weekend’s Munich Security Conference, an annual event where foreign-policy, defense and intelligence officials meet to discuss global crises, Reuters reported.
Kerry said Monday after meeting Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir that the U.S. and its allies are “deeply engaged” in trying to move toward “full humanitarian access and a full cease-fire.”
Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the humanitarian conditions in Syria and publicly blamed Russia when she visited Ankara for hastily scheduled talks with Turkish leaders on Monday.
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