. >>> top security officials of the secretary ree yat and japanese department of state anthony blinken met in washington on monday. they talked about pending u.n. security council sanctions. also likely on the agenda, the russian imvolve nmt the syria civil war. u.s. government officials have taken a caution stance on shinzo abe's visit to russia before japan's host the group of seven s summit in may. they talked about pending u.n. security council sanctions against north korea. russia controls the islands. japan claims them. >>> the cessation of hostiles negotiated by russia and the united states took place on saturday. >> by and tlarnl cessation of hostilities is holding. but we have some experience of incidents. >> ban said he hopes the agreement will continue so more humanitarian aid will reach besieged areas they have accused each other of violations. u.n. officials say they'll monitor the situation around the clock. and ban said the u.s. plans to resume its role of brokering peace talks on syria. >>> >>> fresh clashes have broken out as refugees and migrants trying to move across

anthony bullington and turkish undersecretary for foreign affairs met march 23 to discuss our joint efforts to combat terrorism come to support a political transition in syria and strengthen regional security. deputy secretary blinkenminister to discuss the range of topics our bilateral relationship. deputy secretary blinken and our ambassador to the republic of turkey, john bascom also paid their respects at the site of the march 13 terrorist bombing in ankara's neighborhood in which nearly 40 people lost their lives. paris, beirut, ankara from istanbul and now brussels, the attacks in all these places and on a daily basis in iraq and syria underscore the nature of the threat that we are facing and reinforce our determination to work closely with our partners and allies, the turkish people and government as well as other international partners to defeat daesh and other terrorist. reflate i want to speak about today that the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia convicted a man of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. with the trial chamber's conviction, we move one step closer to closing another painful chapter in the story of the conflict in the former yugoslavia. we will never for