Russia’s top diplomat in Iraq to discuss US-Iran tensions
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim, right, meets with his visiting Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (Hadi Mizban/AP)/ BAGHDAD — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Iraq where he’s meeting with Baghdad officials to discuss the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran in the Persian Gulf. Lavrov told reporters after meeting his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Ali al-Hakim on Monday that the aim of Moscow and Baghdad is to “reduce escalation and we have a ...
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