A split has emerged between the US and Russia over Iran’s participation in Syrian peace talks planned for next week. 

The Ukrainian government will do everything possible to make sure that the Association Agreement with the EU is signed in 2014, according to Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Arbuzov.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday called for “localised ceasefires” in Syria ahead of peace talks later this month in Switzerland.