Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on the phone on Friday and discussed resolving the conflict in Syria, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry website.

The conversation took place at the initiative of the American side, the department emphasized and noted that the parties discussed the issues of providing blocked areas with humanitarian aid and further maintaining and strengthening the ceasefire.

Lavrov said that it is necessary to provide the opportunity for Syrian Kurds to participate in negotiations between the country's authorities and the opposition. He emphasized that moderate opposition formations must separate from the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra (both organizations are recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia) as soon as possible.

In addition to the Syrian conflict, the parties discussed the situation in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh and “certain issues of bilateral relations.”

Last day, a TASS source in the task force monitoring the ceasefire in Syria reported that the Russian and American militaries agreed to introduce a “silence regime” from April 30 in the Damascus region and in the province of Lataki. diplomatic source RIA Novosti's in this group also reported that an agreement had been reached. He noted that the “silence regime” will not be in effect for one day, but from April 30 in general.

On Friday evening, this agreement was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense. “The Russian and American sides, in agreement with the leadership of the Syrian Arab Republic and moderate opposition formations, are introducing a regime of silence from 00:01 on April 30 for 24 hours in the Rostochnaya Ghouta region (a suburb of Damascus) and for 72 hours in the northern regions of the province of Latakia,” the statement says. information bulletin of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria.

Despite the ceasefire in force in Syria since February 27, active hostilities have been ongoing in the country in recent days. On the night of April 27-28, an airstrike was carried out on the Al-Quds hospital in Aleppo. , according to the non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders At least 50 people were killed in the airstrike . Representatives of the Syrian, Russian and American armed forces denied any involvement in the incident.

Lavrov and Kerry discussed a ceasefire in Syria