Syria Talks Push Powers Together After Force Escalation
- Vienna talks include EU, U.S., Saudi Arabia and Turkey
- Russia seeking early presidential elections in Syria
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Top diplomats from the U.S., Russia and Middle East convened in Vienna Friday in their latest attempt to find a solution to end more than four years of fighting in Syria that has left a quarter-million people dead and triggered waves of refugees fleeing to Europe.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are due to meet for the first time since Russia launched its military intervention in Syria last month. Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, his Turkish and Jordanian counterparts, Feridun Sinirlioglu and Nasser Judeh, along with European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini, were also in the Austrian capital for meetings.