Lavrov, Kerry discuss action against Al-Qaeda

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday discussed “the need for decisive joint action” against the Al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group in Syria, Lavrov’s office said.

 

The pair talked by phone about the situation in Syria, “particularly the need for decisive joint action against the Al-Nusra Front, as Russia has constantly proposed,” the Russian ministry said in a statement.

 

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