WASHINGTON, February 17th. / TASS /. US President Barack Obama said the Russian VKS action in Syria evidence of weakness, rather than strength (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad. He stated this at a press conference in California.
The fact that Russia “had to send its own soldiers and its own aircraft and to invest in this massive military operation, testifies not to a great force, and the weakness of Assad’s position “- Obama said. In his opinion, Russia is still at risk “bogged down” in Syria.
“If someone seems like the battle will end, because Russia and the regime achieved some initial forward, then after about three-quarters of the country still controlled by the Assad forces are not, – stated the President of -. it will not stop soon “
Thus, Obama said that he was not surprised reached during Russian operations of Syria.. “A handful of insurgents are not able to withstand the second power of the armed forces of the world” -. He said,
According to him, Syria is not in the rivalry between him and the president of Russia, and to “end the suffering people, stabilize the region and to stop the massive outflow of people, mass migration and deprive IG safe confinement ( “Islamic state” that is prohibited in the Russian terrorist group) “.
Political transition
However, so Obama has reiterated its readiness to coordinate efforts on Syria with Russia in the case of “political transition” of power in Damascus.
“If we achieve a political transition in Syria, it will allow us to coordinate more effectively the efforts of not only Russia but also with other countries in the region to engage in a reflection of the largest direct threat to the United states, “- he said. According to Obama, the Russian Federation would have to “work with the US and other members of the international community to try to achieve a political transition” in Syria.
The US President believes that Russian VKS operation in Syria “does not solve the problem of stabilization of the situation in Syria. ” “The only way to do it – to achieve a political transition – the US president said -. We will see what will happen in the next few days will work with partners that are configured on the defeat of the IG and see how to work out a lasting political solution than that.. that can provide aerial bombardment “.
Speaking of the achieved in Munich February 12 agreement within a week cease-fire in Syria, Obama said that” it will be difficult, since even spilled a lot of blood. “
The fight against international terrorism
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov said the rising tensions in Syria comes from the reckless activities of NATO.
“Before the advent of the Russian Syria aviation is the NATO countries almost 3 years portrayed there the destruction of international terrorism in the form of “struggle Nanai boys”, – said the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense -. and all this time, no one in the West, and especially in Brussels, did not even talked about some talks Syria. Specifies only the timing of the final collapse of the country according to the scenario of Libya, which is the NATO countries to freely set “democracy” Western-style “.
The representative of the Russian Defense Ministry said that” because of the actions of Russian VKS just a few months the Syrians believe that all -taki can fight and destroy international terrorism in their country. And, as a consequence, – began to think about the future of Syria “
Russian air strikes on sites banned in Russia of terrorist organizations.” Islamic State “and” Dzhebhat en-Nusra “in Syria since September 30 last year at the request of the President the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad.
The fight against the IG in Libya
Obama also said the United States will not give grouping “Islamic state” (IG, banned in Russia), to gain a foothold in Libya. “I made it clear that we will pursue LIH (former IG designation) wherever they appear”, – the president said, recalling that just as the United States struggled with the group “Al-Qaeda” (banned in Russia) <. /> p>
“We will continue to act where we will have a clear goal. We are working with other members of the coalition to provide assurance that any chance we will see an opportunity not to LIH to gain a foothold in Libya, we’ll do it, “- Obama said
At the same time, he stressed that the most important thing for Libya. whose population is now divided on the basis of tribal and ethnic differences, is the formation of a unity government.
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