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Russia’s Lavrov, US Kerry begin meeting in Paris over int’l conference on Syria

The meeting is being held behind closed doors

PARIS, May 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister SergeiLavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are meeting in Paris over preparation for an international conference on Syria.

A source close to the talks told Itar-Tass on Monday, the meeting is being held behind closed doors, as the U.S. side insisted.

It is expected that French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will later join Lavrov and Kerry.

It is the sixth meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister and the U.S. Secretary of State in 2013.