Kerry, Lavrov agreed to meet in Paris Jan 13 over Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talked on the telephone on Thursday on the initiative of the United States.

“The situation regarding Syria, including the preparations for the Geneva-2 international conference on peaceful settlement of the Syrian crisis in accordance with the Russian-US initiative, has been discussed.

The agreement on continuing joint preparatory work for this forum at the meeting of the Russian and US foreign affairs chiefs in Paris on January 13 has been reached,” the Russian Foreign Ministry posted a statement on its website.

Voice of Russia, Interfax