U.S. Secretary of State holds bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister in Rome

Record ID: 75233

  • Title: U.S. Secretary of State holds bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister in Rome
  • Date: 2nd December 2016
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (DECEMBER 2, 2016) (REUTERS FOR POOL) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY SEATED FOR TALKS AT TABLE WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV AND DELEGATIONS KERRY TALKING TO LAVROV LAVROV AT TABLE JOURNALIST OFF CAMERA ASKING "Is the Syrian diplomacy still alive?" (SOUNDBITE) (English) KERRY SAYING: "All diplomacy is still alive."/ DELEGATIONS SEATED AT TABLE
  • Embargoed: 17th December 2016 15:08
  • Keywords: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Syria Diplomacy Aleppo
  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • City: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015B6YC7B
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday (December 2) for discussions on the fringes of a "Mediterranean Dialogues" forum in Rome where issues being talked about included the Middle East crisis.
    Whilst seated at a table opposite Lavrov, a reporter asked the U.S. Secretary of State whether Syrian diplomacy was still alive, Kerry replied: "All diplomacy is still alive."
    Earlier Lavrov met with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni where he discussed the Syrian city of Aleppo amongst other issues.
    Kerry met Pope Francis earlier in the day and is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with United Nations envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura whilst in Italy.
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