"I think we'd have to know what the details are, and what the agenda is, and what the objective is…" Psaki said Wednesday at a press briefing when asked if the United States would be willing to send a US official to a meeting with a Syrian official in Moscow. "We're reaching out to them [Russia] to get more details."
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Wednesday that if Syrian officials wanted to meet in Moscow, he would discuss the issue with the United States. While Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Washington should coordinate the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria by having direct contacts with the Bashar Assad government.
The US-led coalition is currently engaged in an operation in Syria and Iraq to prevent the advance of IS.
In March of next year, the United States will begin training and equipping moderate Syrian rebels to fight against the Islamic State in Syria and plan to instruct about 5,000 people per year, US special ambassador Brett McGurk said Wednesday.
