Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss the situation in Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov Thursday amid reports that the Assad regime is working on chemical weapons and that Russia may be reconsidering its position on the situation there, the New York Times reports.
The session, which is being held on the margins of a meeting on European security, comes amid reports of heightened activity at Syria’s chemical weapons sites and signs that Russia may be shifting its position on a political transition in Syria.
“Secretary Clinton has accepted an invitation by U.N. Special Envoy Brahimi for a trilateral meeting on Syria this afternoon with Mr. Brahimi and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov,” a senior State Department official said in a terse announcement Thursday morning.
