Third round of Syria talks to be held in New York

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the next round of governmental talks on the crisis in Syria would take place in New York later this month.

Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Mr Kerry, said,

“The governments involved are going to meet later this month in New York in order to continue to move this process forward. Our goal is to facilitate transition that all parties have stated that they support."

The meeting comes as a follow up to the meeting in Vienna, Austria, where Russia, the US, EU leaders and heads of states from the Middle East met at a second round of discussions to plan for a political transition process in Syria, reports Reuters.

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