Russia, France Agree on Cooperation against ’ISIS’
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As the French and Russian Presidents agreed to coordinate anti-"ISIS" efforts in the region, the French FM Laurent Fabius announced Thursday that Russia was sincere in wanting to cooperate in the fight against "ISIS" terrorist organization in Syria.
"There is an opening, so to speak, with the Russians. We think they are sincere and we must bring together all our forces," Fabius added.
The coordination came as both countries have suffered major terror attacks at the hands of "ISIS" in recent weeks, the coordinated gun and bomb attacks last Friday in Paris, and the bombing of a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month.
French President Francois Hollande called this week for the "bringing together of all those who can realistically fight against this terrorist army in a large and unique coalition."
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his navy in the Mediterranean to establish contact with its French counterparts and work together "as allies".
On his part, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said earlier Wednesday that his country was not a breeding ground for "ISIS", blaming the creation of the terrorist organization on the West.
Terrorists who trained in Syria for the Paris massacres and other attacks had done so due to "the support of the Turks and the Saudis and Qatari, and of course the Western policy that supported the terrorists in different ways," he insisted.
""ISIS" didn't start in Syria, it started in Iraq, and it started before that in Afghanistan," he said, quoting former British PM Tony Blair as saying "the Iraqi war helped create "ISIS"."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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