The United States would welcome Turkish-Russian military cooperation in Syria if it were truly designed to target ISIS, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said in a press briefing on Thursday.
“We have been very clear that if is Russia really interested in taking the fight to ISIL, to combating a terror threat that frankly involves the entire global community, we would welcome their interest on that,” Trudeau said, referring to ISIS by an acronym.
Turkey on Thursday called on Russia to carry out joint operations against ISIS in Syria, after crucial talks between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at ending a crisis in ties.
The comments by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu came as a Turkish delegation was in Russia for talks aimed at coordinating actions on Syria and other bilateral issues...
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11/8/16
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“We have been very clear that if is Russia really interested in taking the fight to ISIL, to combating a terror threat that frankly involves the entire global community, we would welcome their interest on that,” Trudeau said, referring to ISIS by an acronym.
Turkey on Thursday called on Russia to carry out joint operations against ISIS in Syria, after crucial talks between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at ending a crisis in ties.
The comments by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu came as a Turkish delegation was in Russia for talks aimed at coordinating actions on Syria and other bilateral issues...
Reuters/AFP/alarabiya.net
11/8/16
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