The next meeting between top diplomats in the Vienna process is expected to take place this month in NY.
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“We’ve been registering the missiles launches, flights and, of course, they’re hitting the targets”, Shoigu said.
“[The missiles] targeted two major terrorist positions in the territory of Raqqa”, he said.
“In general, the actions of the Russian groups deserve high praise”, Putin said. He is certain it will confirm his plane was not in Turkish airspace when attacked, and appears confident the data will support Russia’s claims.
“Russia is trying to make ethnic cleansing in northern Latakia to force (out) all Turkmen and Sunni population who do not have good relations with the regime”, Davutoglu said during a news conference in Istanbul.
“Russia has been trying to cut the supply lines of opposition forces by bombing Azaz region in Syria”, he said. Russian Federation denies the claim.
There was no comment from the British defence ministry on the Russian statement. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that Russian planes weren’t near the Syrian army camp in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour when it was struck Sunday night. “It would have been nice if the US had explained to the world and other nations their concept of what the coalition is doing in the region”.
“The Prime Minister and president agreed that the United Kingdom and Russian Federation should work together, with other worldwide partners, to tackle Daesh and the threat it poses, and on the political process to bring peace to Syria”.
“The Russian air campaign has different objectives quite frankly”.
Syria’s state-run news agency says four people have been killed and 21 were wounded by rebel mortar shelling of residential areas in the city of Aleppo.
Once the evacuation of the rebels is completed, the city of Homs will fully return to government control. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the downing a “stab in the back”.
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter urged US allies Wednesday to intensify their actions against the Islamic State group and said Russian Federation should get on “the right side” of the fight.
According to Russia Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently met with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to review results of their military’s latest offensive moves against ISIS. Turkey has a commitment to protect them, while Russian Federation considers the Turkmen insurgents in Syria to be terrorists who might easily return to afflict Russian Federation.
“I’m… travelling to Moscow in a week and will be meeting with him (Putin) and with Foreign Minister Lavrov on the subject of Syria and on Ukraine”, Kerry said.
Russia’s ambitious arms modernisation programme has continued at full pace this year, even though low oil prices and Western sanctions drove the economy into recession.
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In October, Putin put the number of Russian and former Soviet republic fighters who had gone to Syria to join the Islamic State at “an estimated 5,000 to 7,000”.
