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Kerry says US, Russia want new Syrian constitution by August

MOSCOW, (APP/AFP): US Secretary of State John Kerry said
Thursday that Washington and Moscow had agreed to aim at having a new draft consitution for Syria drawn up by August, after over four hours of talks with President Vladimir Putin.
“We agreed on a target schedule for establishing a framework for a
political transition and also a draft constitution, both of which we targeted by August,” Kerry said at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.