US, Russia achieve ´clarity´ on path to new Syria ceasefire: Kerry
 

GENEVA: Washington and Moscow have "achieved clarity" on the way towards a new ceasefire in Syria, but technical details must still be resolved, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday.

"Today I can say that we achieved clarity on the path forward" for a revamped cessation to the fighting, Kerry told reporters alongside his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov after marathon talks.

Lavrov added that "substantial agreements had been reached" while **ting that "some things need to be finalised."
Kerry stressed that the two sides were **t prepared to make a definitive an**uncement, but said US and Russian technical experts would continue to meet in Geneva in the coming days to hammer out a set of unresolved issues.

"We are working on those issues," Washington´s top envoy said. "Neither of us is (ready) to make an an**uncement that is predicated by failure -- we don´t want to have a deal for the sake of a deal."

Kerry linked the near total collapse of a previous ceasefire agreed earlier this year to the failure to respond to violations and the Syrian regime´s efforts to reclaim strategic territory, including around Damascus.

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