Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry discussed on Friday joint efforts to advance dialogue onSyria, and agreed to develop a "road map" to improve the current strained Russia-U.S. ties.
The two sides agreed on the common goal to eliminate threats from the Islamic State, Jebhat al-Nusra and other terrorist groups in Syria, and to curb foreign sources of support for terrorism in the country, Lavrov said after their marathon talks.
They also discussed in detail steps that they could take to beef up the efficiency of their joint work in supporting the peace process in the war-ravaged country, Lavrov said, while noting that immediate results should not be expected.
Lavrov and Kerry also called for more efforts from the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to further promote the Syrian talks and to introduce proposals for conflicting parties to revive the paece-seeking dialogue.
Commenting on relations between the two countries, Lavrov said that there is an understanding between Moscow and Washington that they need each other and are needed by the international community.
He added that Russia is open for dialogue with the U.S. on strategic stability.
Earlier in the day, the two diplomats visited the French Embassy in Moscow to lay flowers in memory of victims in Thursday's terrorist attack in Nice, France.