Foreign Ministry: Russia ready to discuss ceasefire

Russia is ready to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire in Syria, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Thursday as foreign ministers gathered in Munich in a bid to restart peace talks.

"We are ready to discuss the modalities of a ceasefire," Gatilov told journalists in Moscow, quoted by the TASS news agency. "That is what we will talk about in Munich."

International talks to end the five-year civil war that has killed more than 260,000 people broke down earlier this month amid accusations from the West and opponents of the Syrian government that Russia's air strikes in Aleppo were targeting opposition groups and civilians.