FRANCE-POLITICS-RUSSIA-SYRIA-DIPLOMACY

FRANCE-POLITICS-RUSSIA-SYRIA-DIPLOMACY

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gives a pair of Idaho potatoes as a gift for Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) at the start of their meeting at the US Ambassador’s residence in Paris, on January 13, 2014. Kerry, his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and UN-Arab League envoy on Syria will meet for talks aimed at finalising preparations for hoped-for peace talks between Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the opposition National Coalition. AFP PHOTO/POOL/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS