Several rounds of talks for Lavrov on Syria planned for Friday in Vienna - Russian foreign ministry

MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. Several rounds of talks are planned for Friday in Vienna, including a bilateral meeting on Syria between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US State Secretary John Kerry and a meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. "The foreign minister and the Russian delegation will take part in negotiations in Vienna tomorrow," Zakharova said. "Several rounds of talks will be held. In the morning - with US State Secretary John Kerry. After that, a meeting will take place in the format Russia-US-Saudi Arabia-Turkey," she added. The spokesperson added that the talks will focus on the Syrian settlement. Zakharova added that "the Russian initiative on holding the session of the ‘Middle East Quartet’ on the same day was supported." Read more