Russia’s Lavrov, Secretary Tillerson discuss de-escalation zones in Syria

Foreign minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the prospects of the two countries’ cooperation over the de-escalation zones in Syria, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement, TASS reports.

“The two officials discussed the further cooperation prospects on settling the Syrian conflict with a focus on consistent functioning of de-escalation zones”, the ministry said.

The work of de-escalation zones in Syria is being discussed in Astana. One of the zones has been created in Syria’s south with the involvement of US and Jordan.