Sputnik - The White House spokesperson said that the US remained open to work with Russia and Iran to mitigate the Syrian conflict.





WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The United States remains open to�work together with�both Russia and Iran to�mitigate the Syrian conflict, White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said in�a briefing on�Monday.
"The US will work with�both Russia and Iran to�bring peaceful solution to�Syria," Spicer stated. "Russia and Iran should acknowledge [Syrian president Bashar] Assad's atrocities� and use their influence to�address them."


At the fourth round�of negotiations on�the Syrian ceasefire, which took place in�Kazakh capital of�Astana earlier in�May, safe, or de-escalation, zones in�Syria's Idlib province and seven other regions were agreed on.


The monitoring and management of�the safe zones is set to�be carried out�by military personnel from�the ceasefire guarantor states of�Russia, Turkey and Iran, while third parties may be brought in�if there are mutual arrangements made between�the three states, according to�the Russian General Staff.

Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with�US President Donald Trump and Secretary of�State Rex Tillerson to�discuss, among�other topics, the countries' joint efforts to�bring a peaceful solution to�Syria.