Kerry, Lavrov hope Syria chemical talks will revive peace conference

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walk to meeting at UN in GenevaGENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday they hoped that talks on Syria's chemical weapons would help revive an international plan for a "Geneva 2" conference to end the war in Syria. Kerry, who said the ongoing talks on chemical weapons were "constructive", told a news conference in Geneva that he and Lavrov planned to meet in New York later this month and hoped to agree a date for the Geneva 2 conference then. …