Saturday, October 3, 2015

Erdogan will ask Putin to “reconsider Russia’s actions in Syria” – RBC

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised that during the upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin asked him” to reconsider Russia’s actions in Syria. ” About this Erdogan told in an interview to Al Jazeera.

«I will meet with Putin to discuss the situation in Syria and expressed its concern on this issue. Since our country’s friends, I ask him to overestimate Russia’s actions in Syria “, – Erdogan said (quoted by the agency Sputnik).

Erdogan also spoke about the presence of his evidence that Russian aircraft deals in Syria strikes on troops opposition.

On Friday, October 2, the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a joint statement of the seven countries – USA, UK, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey – in which they called on Russia to stop to put air strikes on Syrian opposition.

In a statement, Russia, Turkey offers a “focus” on the fight against militants banned Russian group “Islamic State”. The statement said that Russia’s actions are “even more escalation” of the conflict and encourage the growth of extremism in Syria.

The Allies expressed their “deep concern” in connection with the build-up of Russia’s military power in Syria, “particularly in relation with a touch of Russian Air Force Hama, Homs and Idlib, which have led to civilian casualties, and were not aimed at the “Islamic State».

On Saturday night, US President Barack Obama for the first time publicly commented on the beginning of the Russian military operation in Syria. He criticized Moscow for its support of Assad, and called its actions in the region, “a recipe for disaster.”

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