The Syrian government has not decided yet whether to take part in a second round of peace talks tentatively scheduled for next week, a senior official said. A tumultuous week of negotiations in the Swiss city of Geneva last month between President Bashar Assad’s government and the main Western-backed

Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and State Secretary Grigory Karasin met in Ankara on Wednesday for consultations on Eurasia and possible cooperation in the region.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has met a delegation headed by the leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed al-Jarba, in Moscow. The two sides discussed an outline for a potential transitional government in Syria. Lavrov said all parties should get more involved in exchanging dialogue with each other.