Kerry calls for political transition to resolve Syrian conflict
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a political transition to resolve the conflict in Syria and prevent the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group from spreading to other countries.
Addressing the media in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, Kerry said every effort must be made to stop hostilities in Syria.
He added that ending the war reduces ISIL capacity to spread to other countries and regions, and puts an end to the flow of refugees to other countries.
The US and its regional allies including Saudi Arabia are among the main supporters of extremist groups fighting the government in Syria.
Kerry arrived in Hiroshima on Sunday for a two-day G7 gathering. Foreign ministers from Britain, France, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan will also partake in the G7 meeting.
Kerry is reportedly arranging for a trip by President Barack Obama as the first US president to visit the city, as part of his trip to Japan for a G7 summit in late May.
A senior US official said Kerry will not offer any apologies to the people of Hiroshima over the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city.
“If you are asking whether the secretary of state came to Hiroshima to apologize, the answer is no,” a senior US official told reporters Sunday, on condition of anonymity.
The bombing killed nearly 140,000 people and was shortly followed by another US atomic bombing on the port city of Nagasaki, killing about 70,000 people three days later.
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