Once the U.S. has contributed to the strengthening of al-Qaeda that led to the tragedy of 11 September, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. A reasonable policy in the Middle East should be to support a legitimate government, said Medvedev.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22. Responsible for the increased IG is including in the US, which instead of combating terrorists began to fight for the departure of President Bashar al-Assad, the lessons of September 11 show the necessity of uniting efforts of all countries in the fight against terrorism without division into “ours and theirs”, said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, commenting on the assessment of U.S. President Barack Obama, Russia’s role in the conflict in Syria.
Earlier Obama said that Russia focused more on the support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, however, is evidence that onboard A321 there was a terrorist attack may change her approach.
“The strengthening of the “Islamic state” became possible due to the irresponsible policy of the USA. Instead focus joint efforts on combating terrorism, America and its allies began to fight with the legally elected President of Syria Bashar al-Assad,” — said Medvedev to journalists before the departure to Phnom Penh.
“A reasonable policy in the Middle East, be it Syria, Egypt or Iraq, for all countries, including the USA, should be to support the legitimate government that is able to ensure the integrity of the state, not to undermine the situation,” he said. According to the Russian Prime Minister, sad examples of this already.
“Once the U.S. has contributed to the strengthening of al-Qaeda that led to the tragedy of September 11. These lessons support the idea that to fight terrorism is possible only together, not separating them allies in this fight on their own and others”, — he stressed.
