Lavrov and Kerry met on Friday on the margins of the Mediterranean Dialogues in Rome, Italy. The conference, the second since 2015, deals with security issues faced by countries on the Northern and Southern shores of the Mediterranean.
"Yesterday during our meeting in Rome, John Kerry turned in American proposals in line with proposals defended for a long time by our experts," Lavrov told reporters after he was asked if there was any progress with Washington on dissociation of terrorists and moderate opposition in Syria.
Russia is ready to send experts o Geneva as soon as possible to agree steps to improve the situation in Aleppo with the United States, the Russian foreign minister said.
"We are ready to immediately send our military experts and diplomats to Geneva to agree with American colleagues, taking into account American proposals, on joint actions which will allow all militants without exception to leave eastern Aleppo, allow non-interrupted humanitarian deliveries to the citizens and allow mending of normal life in eastern Aleppo," Lavrov told reporters.
However, Russian and US militaries only work together to avoid air incidents in Syrian airspace and have no anti-terror agreements in place, Sergei Lavrov said..........Read more: https://sputniknews.com
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday Moscow was ready for talks with the United States about a complete withdrawal of all rebels from Syria's eastern Aleppo.
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Reuters