MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister SergeiLavrov and USSecretary of State John Kerry discussed theSyria crisis by phone on Monday, expressing their full supportfor Syria peace talks in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministrysaid.
Lavrov also stressed the need for Syria´s "moderateopposition" to withdraw from territories controlled by IslamicState militants and the Nusra Front, and for the blockading ofsupply routes to extremists.