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Churkin not ready to deem Russian-U.S. negotiating process on Syria as ‘dead’

Published Sept. 26, 2016 at 9:22 am

Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin, attends the United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, at the United Nations September 25, 2016 in New York. The UN Security Council met for urgent talks on Sunday as Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held east Aleppo in the worst surge of bombing to hit the devastated city in years. Britain, France and the United States called the emergency meeting to turn up pressure on Russia and press demands that it rein in its ally Syria to halt the intense bombing campaign on Aleppo. / AFP PHOTO / Bryan R. Smith

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The negotiating process between Russia and the

United States on the Syrian settlement is still alive, though the situation is very serious, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said.

“I do not think so,” he told journalists on Sunday, asked whether the negotiating process between Russia and the U.S. can be considered ‘dead’.

“But this is an extremely difficult situation,” Churkin also said.