Washington, Dhu-AlQa'dah 6, 1434, Sep 12, 2013, SPA -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday that he is hopeful Secretary of State John Kerry’s meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Switzerland can “yield a concrete result” on Syria. “I am hopeful that the discussions that Secretary Kerry has with Foreign Minister Lavrov, as well as some of the other players in this, can yield a concrete result," Obama told reporters at the beginning of a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the White House. --SPA 21:03 LOCAL TIME 18:03 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1145570