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Lavrov, Ban Ki-moon Discuss Syria Truce, Fight Against Terrorism - Moscow

© REUTERS / Mike SegarRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon after Lavrov addressed the U.N. Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York, February 23, 2015
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon after Lavrov addressed the U.N. Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York, February 23, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks on Syria's truce and the terrorist threat.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed the cessation of hostilities in Syria and the fight against terrorism during their Tuesday meeting, the Foreign Ministry said.

"During the meeting, the development of the situation in Syria was discussed in light of the cessation of hostilities and the need to fight the terrorist threat, particularly posed by the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra [banned in Russia]," the ministry said in a statement.

"Russia reaffirmed its readiness to cooperate with all interested parties to support the countries in the region in solving the problems they face," the statement reads.

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