He made the comments on Thursday after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the annual Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council meeting in Belgrade, Serbia.
Lavrov said the two discussed the issue of combating Daesh, adding Kerry agreed with him that “closing of the Turkish-Syrian border and the Turkish-Iraqi border, as all this is interconnected, is among the most urgent measures.”
The US partners have an understanding that this step is required, the Russian top diplomat said, describing the Kurdish forces as allies in this issue and also in the fight against Daesh.
