New ideas discussed at Syria meeting: Kerry

AFP , Saturday 15 Oct 2016

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, right, attend a bilateral meeting on the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. (AP)

The United States, Russia and Syria's neighbours discussed new ideas for reviving a ceasefire in the war-torn country at a meeting Saturday in Switzerland, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.

Kerry described the meeting as a candid "brainstorming" session and that despite tensions between the parties they had agreed on the urgency of continuing to work together to restore the truce.

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