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Countries backing Syria talks to meet in Vienna on May 17 -Kerry

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10-05-2016 | 11:06

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The International Syria Support Group (ISSG), bringing together 17 countries backing peace talks, is to meet in Vienna on May 17, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in London on Tuesday.

The United States and Russia, who support rival sides in Syria's civil war, said on Monday they would work to revive the February "cessation of hostilities" agreement that reduced fighting in parts of the country for several weeks.

"The ISSG will formally come together to build on what we did with the Russians in terms of this agreement and to talk about all kinds of things, ranging from duration, to enforcement to the political process," Kerry said.

He added that he expected talks involving the opposing parties to take place "some days after that".

A recent surge in bloodshed in Aleppo, Syria's largest city before the war, wrecked the 10-week-old partial truce sponsored by Washington and Moscow that had allowed U.N.-brokered peace talks to convene in Geneva.

Syria's opposition is hopeful of a return to the Geneva talks if a U.S.-Russian deal on reviving the failed truce is swiftly implemented, a member of Syria's opposition High Negotiations Committee said on Monday.

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