"Under President Obama’s orders, all preparations were being made in order to achieve that cooperation [with Russia] in terms of our military and intelligence community and the work we would do, so we are committed to that," Kerry stated.
The United States still believes there is a way forward to peacefully resolving the civil war in Syria, the US Secretary of State said.
"The United States continues to believe there is a way forward that, although rocky and difficult and uncertain, can provide the most viable path out of the carnage," Kerry stated.
"Our shared task here is to find a way to use the tools of diplomacy to make that happen." However, some Syrian opposition groups have relied on an alliance with the al-Qaeda linked terror group Nusra Front that changed its name to Jabhat Fatah al Sham (former al-Nusra Front), John Kerry said. "For too long, some elements of the opposition have relied on an unholy alliance with al-Nusra [Nusra Front] and al-Nusra is al-Qaeda… and we can’t look the other way if groups are on the ground fighting alongside al-Nusra, an organization that overtly rejects a political solution to this crisis and is an enemy to all of us in this room,"
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