Kerry, Lavrov hold talks in Hamburg: U.S. State Department

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"Secretary Kerry met tonight in Hamburg, Germany with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov," Kirby said in a statement.

"They discussed ongoing multilateral efforts to achieve a cessation of hostilities in Aleppo, as well as the delivery of humanitarian aid to the tens of thousands of Syrian civilians in desperate need there," the statement reads.

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