Patrushev: antiterrorist coalition misused – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 22 – RIA Novosti. Created antiterrorist coalition in fact used for interference in the affairs of sovereign states, the secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev.

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In an interview with “Kommersant” Patrushev noted that the United States really urge the country to consolidate the fight against the terrorist group “Islamic State” (IG).

“But in fact created anti-terrorist coalition, in fact, used for military intervention in the affairs of sovereign states,” – he said.

According to him, such a scenario can be seen in Syria, “where aspiring displace the legitimate President Bashar al-Assad, has supported opposition forces “, so a blow to the IG there sporadically applied.

” It turns out that if the terrorists are fighting against Assad, they can be regarded as legitimate, and if they acts detrimental to US interests, such as in Iraq, the terrorists should be destroyed. based solely on their practical interests, determine who of the terrorists is acceptable to negotiate and to deal and with whom – no, “- said the secretary of the Russian Security Council .

He stressed that the fight against terrorism alone, or as part of separate groups, “can not be effective in principle”.

“Russia insists on the principle that a key coordinating role This counteraction must play the UN and its Security Council, “- said Patrushev.

The wide expansion of the IG, capture a significant portion of Iraq and Syria, has become one of the world’s major problems in 2014. The grouping, numbering, according to the CIA, about 30 thousand militants declared in the occupied territories, and the caliphate aims to expand the territory of influence. Cells IG established in Libya, Yemen and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

united front against the IG is not: with the group fighting the government forces of Syria and Iraq, an international coalition led by the US (while limited to strikes air), as well as Iraqi and Syrian Kurds. However, Assad said that the air strikes of coalition forces was destroyed infrastructure, which belongs to the Syrian people.