U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday condemned the Syrian regime’s “intransigence” in stalled peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, and said a “recess” in the negotiations would be used by the U.S. and international community to plan next steps toward finding a diplomatic solution.
Mr. Kerry has said the White House is looking at options to respond to the breakdown in the talks and the deteriorating humanitarian situation.
“The talks have been hard, and…we are at a difficult moment, but we should all agree that the Assad regime’s obstruction has made progress even tougher,” Mr. Kerry said in a statement.
He said the international community must use the “recess” in the Geneva peace talks to “determine how best to use this time and its resumption to find a political solution to this horrific civil war.”
Kerry said: “We call on the regime’s supporters to press the regime. In the end, they will bear responsibility if the regime continues with its intransigence in the talks and its brutal tactics on the ground.”