The Kremlin also said that Putin spoke with Obama about the importance of creating a united anti-terrorism front.
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But a day later Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the gathering that Moscow and the West had “fallen into a new Cold War”.
The Islamic State, a vicious al-Qaeda spinoff, and Jabhat al Nusrah, al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria that works with many Sunni Arab opposition groups in Syria, have attracted foreign fighters from across the Arab world and Europe.
BBC News reports that Russian Federation has received criticism from other countries because of the Crimean Peninsula invasion back in 2014 and recently with the air strikes in Syria in cooperation with President Bashar al-Assad.
Kurdish-backed forces were fighting with insurgent groups near Tel Rifaat in the northern Aleppo countryside, while further south, government forces renewed their shelling of rebel positions to the northwest of Aleppo city. “It allows Russia’s assault on Aleppo to continue for another week”, he said at security conference in Munich. “To date, the vast majority – in our opinion – of Russia’s attacks have been against legitimate opposition groups”, Kerry said in a speech. We think its critical that the Russians targeting changes.Sen. But the USA military says most Russian airstrikes are aimed at opposition groups threatening Assad’s forces.
Putin reiterated that a united anti-terrorist coalition was needed in Syria. (Obama also said at the time that Russian Federation did not pose the top national security threat to the USA – an opinion no longer shared by top military leaders). Russia, he said, “has been party to that entire process”.
On Sunday in Munich, U.S. Senator John McCain, a staunch critic of Russia’s role in Syria, said Putin is “not interested” in being a partner to worldwide efforts to end the multi-factioned war in Syria.
The world does not lack the ability or resources for the use of force, but steadfast determination and action for a political solution, Wang said. “Russia has gained the upper hand in the region and this is, by historical measures, a novelty”.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation chief Jens Stoltenberg said in the same conference that Russia used force on both occasions, but the alliance wants an improved communication with President Putin and the rest of Russian officials.
US maintains that Russia’s air campaign has killed scores of civilians and jeopardizes the prospects of a peace accord in the civil war-wracked nation.
Medvedev did say the rebels need to sit down with Assad and negotiate some kind of solution. “And it’s a very cynical objective to have”. “His appetite is growing with the eating”.
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A White House statement said the conversation between the Russian and US presidents occurred on Saturday and a Kremlin statement said it took place at Washington’s initiative, but didn’t specify when it occurred.
