MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Russian and US technical expert meeting will take place in the coming days, its outcome depends on the United States’ willingness to cooperate, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
"We believe that the technical expert meeting will be held in the coming days, the experts themselves will agree on the specific date and format of negotiations," the source told RIA Novosti.
The source said it was a "complex question" to expect Moscow and Washington finalize a cooperation agreement to settle the Syrian crisis.
"We hope so, but it depends on the cooperation ability of the American side," the source stressed.
Russia and Syria have agreed on specific steps that must be taken to settle the situation in Syria and will continue to work with the groups they can influence to reach lasting ceasefire in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday following 12-hour talks with the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva.
Lavrov said that Russia-US coordination on targets in Syria has not yet been smoothed out, but expressed hope that upcoming expert consultations would help resolve the issue.
