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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Russia wants US to work with Syria to stop IS
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia urges a US-led coalition fighting against the Islamic State group to coordinate their air raids with the Syrian government, warning that jihadists could go “very far” if not stopped.
“It is absolutely clear to me it was a mistake — still is — not to coordinate the airstrikes with the activities of the Syrian army. That’s what we believe must be done,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tells Bloomberg Television in an interview.
“And that is what unfortunately our American colleagues cannot accept for ideological considerations.”
Lavrov speaks as the Western coalition gather in Paris for talks involving Iraq discussing the advance of IS jihadists who have declared an Islamic caliphate in large parts of Syria and Iraq they now control.
— AFP
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