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10-11-2015, 04:15 PM #1
Russia's Putin, Saudi defense minister agree to cooperate in Syria
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Russia's Putin, Saudi defense minister agree to cooperate in Syria
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi Arabia's defense minister on Sunday, in Moscow's biggest attempt so far to reach out to enemies of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad since Russia joined the conflict with air strikes.
Speaking after the meeting between Putin and Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman, a son of the Saudi king, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said both countries were willing to cooperate in Syria and wanted to prevent the formation of a "terrorist caliphate".
"On both sides, as far as I can tell, there is an understanding that today's meeting can advance our cooperation," Lavrov said.
Russia's intervention in Syria has infuriated Assad's regional foes, including Saudi Arabia, who say Russian air strikes have been hitting rebel groups opposed to Assad, and not just the Islamic State fighters Moscow says it is targeting.
Lavrov acknowledged that Saudi Arabia had "concerns" about Russia's aims but said it was targeting only extremists, including Islamic State and Jabhat al Nusra, a group linked to al Qaeda.
The Russian air strikes derailed a tentative detente between the two countries earlier this year, which aimed to smooth tensions over Syria and relations with Riyadh's regional rival Iran.
"We expressed our concerns that these operations could be regarded as an alliance between Iran and Russia," said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.
"But in the conversation, our Russian friends explained to us that the main aim is the fight with ISIS and terrorism," he added, using an acronym for Islamic State.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Sochi; Writing by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Peter Graff)A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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10-11-2015, 04:20 PM #2
The best thing for the US to do is get out of Syria, bring it all home, troops, equipment, money, and so forth, and get out of the way. Let Russia handle this. They know how to restore order. We don't. We don't even know who we're dealing with over there. We don't know who ended up with our money and weapons. This was a total disaster created by a bunch of morons in DC.
Now Senate Democrats, you need to do your job and block the bill from the House than lifts the ban on US oil exports. Now is no time to be depleting our reserves or raising oil prices here. If our Representatives had a clue, they wouldn't have been creating another alarm by passing a bill to lift the ban to begin with.A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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