STAVROPOL, January 25. Russia is not going to interfere in the internal Affairs of Syria. The task of Moscow is to help the legitimate government of that country to deal with terrorism, said President Vladimir Putin.
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“We are not going to intervene in the state system, the solution to the problems facing Syria and other countries in the region,” he said today while interacting with students of the North Caucasian Federal University, one of whom was a native of Syria.
“Our task is only to help your people, to help the legitimate authorities of the country, in this case Syria, to fight terrorism, to eliminate terrorists in Syria,” said Putin.
Operation HQs of the Russian Federation in Syria
The Russian military launched operation against the militants is prohibited in the Russian Federation terrorist organizations “Islamic state” and “dzhebhat EN-Nusra” in Syria, 30 September, at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In the air group included more than 50 aircraft in operation in early October, were engaged by ships of the Navy of the Russian Federation, who attacked the terrorists with a cruise missile from the Caspian sea. Since the beginning of military actions of the Russian pilots destroyed more than 2 thousand objects of the militants. To participate in a ground operation, Russia does not intend.
