

Moscow, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) Russia informed the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on the cooperation actions carried out in conjunction with Syrian troops to stabilize the situation in the Levantine country, General Valeri Guerasimov said today.

The chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces noted that at the time, he sent a confidential letter to the JCS chief, General Joseph Dunford, to explain the details of that cooperation.

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Guerasimov had sent the letter through a confidential cannel to respond to a request made by the United States, after a recent meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Helsinki.

Guerasimov’s letter explained a plan to provide guarantees of security to refugees in the Rukban camp, in the zone of Al Tanf, controlled by US forces.

Damascus has accused the Pentagon of using that camp to recruit possible members of terrorist groups among civilians.

In addition, the document sent by Guerasimov referred to the coordination of aspects related to the ‘humanitarian demining’ of the liberated cities, like Raqqa, which was the headquarters of the general staff of the Islamic State (Daesh).

The letter also dealt about other humanitarian aspects to restore peaceful life on Syrian territory, including the neutralization of the terrorists’ efforts to recruit refugees.

Since September 2015, Russia has supported Syria with its combat aviation in its struggle against terrorist groups, while the United States has led an international coalition that operates with its planes, without consent from Damascus or the United Nations.

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