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Russia’s Lavrov lands in Syria for talks with Assad – RIA

FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2020. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and Syria’s foreign minister, the RIA news agency reported.

Russia is a close ally of Assad.

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