Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

(asked on 22nd June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Russia on the alleged death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of Daesh.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 30th June 2017

The Foreign Secretary has not raised this issue with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. The whereabouts of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi remains unknown at this time. We and the Global Coalition have not been able to confirm the claim made by the Russians.

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