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| Russia and US agree on closer military cooperation in Syria, after Putin calls Obama | |
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| The Kremlin says that both Russia and the US are ready to better coordinate efforts to eliminate radical Islamists in Syria, following a telephone conversation initiated by the Russian leader. | The Kremlin says that both Russia and the US are ready to better coordinate efforts to eliminate radical Islamists in Syria, following a telephone conversation initiated by the Russian leader. |
| “Both sides have confirmed their readiness to increase military cooperation between Russia and the US in Syria,” said a statement from the Kremlin released on Wednesday evening. “It is also important to resurrect the UN-mediated peace talks to arrive at a political solution of the crisis.” | |
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| According to media reports last week, US officials have put forward a proposal that would see Russian and US air forces conduct joint strikes against Al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda branch in Syria. So far, Russia has not commented on the reported initiative, which has supposedly been endorsed by both the Department of State and the Pentagon. | |
| Washington hopes that as well as confronting radicals, the plan will help the two sides to agree on their definition of which forces should be included in the ceasefire, which was adopted in February. Vladimir Putin has repeatedly accused Al-Nusra of operating under the label of “moderate” rebels, and he returned to the topic in the phone conversation. | |
| “Vladimir Putin called on his counterpart to separate, as soon as is possible, the definitions of moderate forces from Al Nusra, and other extremist groups,” said the statement. |