(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Moscow December 15 (QNA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Tuesday to try and narrow differences with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the political process to end Syria's crisis.
Kerry will seek to prepare the ground for a third round of talks of world powers on Syria amid doubts over whether a meeting scheduled for Friday in New York will go ahead.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said late on Monday that Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed in a phone call on the need for specific preconditions to be met before any new meeting throwing the timing into doubt.However US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said there were no preconditions to having this meeting.
Speaking before Kerry's arrival in Moscow a State Department official said Kerry would also raise concerns about Russia's continued bombing of Syrian opposition forces instead of the ISIS militants.
Ahead of the talks the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement complaining that Washington was not ready to fully cooperate in the struggle against ISIS militants. (QNA)