State Department: US and Russian delegations held contacts on the sidelines of Berlin conference on Libya

Washington sees “room for cooperation” with Moscow, acting US assistant secretary of state for Middle East affairs Joey Hood said

US and Russian delegations held contacts on the sidelines of the conference on Libya in Berlin, Washington sees room for cooperation with Moscow. Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs Joey Hood said this in a telephone briefing on Thursday, answering a question from TASS.

“I can confirm that we had contacts on the margins of the conference with all the major players, including Russia. I think there is room for cooperation here, not only in the humanitarian sphere”, –  he said. Russia was represented at the forum by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin.