Lavrov, when asked about the objective of the cooperation with Iraq, said it was to “coordinate the efforts against ISIL”, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
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He said the cell would focus on “monitoring the movements of terrorists… and degrading their capacity”.
Officers of each country will lead the center for three months on a rotating basis, RIA Novosti reported.
The maneuver can give Moscow more authority in the Middle East. It has progressed its armed forces interaction in Syria in the past month at the time of burning for Damascus to actually be as well in world-wide endeavors to defend Islamic State, the demand Washington rubbish.
The news comes amid US concerns about Russia’s recent military buildup in Syria and would appear to confirm American suspicions of some kind of cooperation between Baghdad and Moscow.
The United States has a $500-million programme to train and equip vetted moderates recruited from among the rebels fighting Assad, but it has faced repeated setbacks.
Iraq has long had close ties with neighboring Iran and has coordinated with Tehran in fighting IS – which controls about a third of Iraq and Syria in a self-declared caliphate.
Western powers have recently softened their stance categorically rejecting a role for Assad in any political solution to the conflict in Syria.
A year ago, Obama and other top USA officials spent a great deal of diplomatic capital rallying support for a legally binding Security Council resolution that would compel all 193 United Nations members to take steps to “prevent and suppress” the flow of their citizens into the arms of groups that each country considers to be a terrorist organization.
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“We have proposed to cooperate with the countries in the region”. According to sources, representatives of the General Staffs of the four armies were included in it.
