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"We are ready to
coordinate our actions with the Americans, because Raqqa is in
the eastern part of Syria, and the American coalition is mainly
... acting there," Interfax quoted Lavrov as saying in an
interview with the Ren-TV television channel.
"Perhaps, this is no secret, if I say that at some stage the
Americans suggested performing a 'division of labor': the
Russian Air Forces should concentrate on the liberation of
Palmyra, and the American coalition with Russian support will
focus on the liberation of Raqqa," the minister added.
(Reporting by Ekaterina Golubkova, writing by Maria Tsvetkova,
editing by Christian Lowe)
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