Russia is ready to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire in Syria, deputy foreign minister Gennady Gatilov said on Thursday as foreign ministers gathered in Munich in a bid to restart peace talks. “We are ready to discuss the modalities of a ceasefire,” Gatilov told journalists in Moscow, quoted by TASS state news agency. “That is what we will talk about in Munich.”
International talks to end the five-year civil war that has killed more than 260,000 people broke down earlier this month amid accusations from the West and Syrian regime opponents that Russia’s air strikes in Aleppo were targeting opposition groups and
civilians.
The talks were temporarily suspended until February 25, but Gatilov said Thursday that they could “possibly start earlier.