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Russia ready to coordinate with Kurds and US on Raqa offensive: Raqa

Published: 24 May 2016 - 04:15 pm | Last Updated: 09 Nov 2021 - 04:56 pm
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Moscow: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow was ready to coordinate with a Kurdish-Arab alliance and the US-led coalition in an assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa.

"I say with all authority that we are ready for such coordination," Lavrov said at a summit in Uzbekistan, quoted by TASS state news agency.

AFP