Defense Ministry: the United States urged other countries to interfere with videoconferencing to fight terrorists in Syria – TASS

MOSCOW, November 24. /TASS/. The U.S. state Department spokesman mark Toner, calling on other countries not to support the tankers, supplying fuel to the Russian air group in Syria, saying openly called to prevent videoconferencing to combat international terrorism in Syria.

commented on his statement the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov.

“Before, by the US against Russia in the fight against ISIL (the former name of the terrorist organization “Islamic state” banned in Russia – approx. TASS), and “an-Nusra” (a terrorist organization banned in Russia – approx. TASS), was evident in the tightening of any negotiations, the failure to commit to the breeding of opposition from the terrorists, repeated promises to someday provide information about the militants. Now Mr. Toner openly encouraged other countries to interfere with our air group to fight international terrorism in Syria in order to neutralize the failures of American policy in this country, starting in 2014,” – said Konashenkov.

“Such a statement by the representative of the state Department, unfortunately, confirmed our previous assessment that the fight against international terrorism in Syria never was a target of the outgoing US administration”, he said.

According to the representative of the Ministry of defense, in just one year of operation, Russia has managed to do what the US-led “so-called international coalition could still only dream of.” “More than 2 thousand settlements have returned to civilian life, which has all public services of social assistance and support. 86 armed groups have stopped fighting. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have returned to their homes across the country to re-build a peaceful life. So if you can’t or don’t want to fight “ISIS” and “an-Nusra”, at least do not interfere”, – said the General.

“Our group HQs in Syria, are provided with necessary to effectively fight international terrorism in this region”, – said the official representative of the defense Ministry.

the U.S. state Department believes that other countries should not support the Russian tankers supplying fuel group aviation videoconferencing in Syria, said earlier TASS the official representative of state Department mark Toner.