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OCTOBER 7, 2015.
Moscow ready to establish contacts with FSA, help it unite forces with Assad against ISIS
The Russian Defence Ministry is ready to assist Assad’s military and the Free Syrian Army in uniting forces against Islamic State jihadists and other terror groups, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
In a statement Wednesday, Zakharova said, "Such diplomatic efforts are based on the position voiced by Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, Moscow will carry on with contacts with the whole spectrum of Syrian opposition".
FOLLOWING PUTIN'S ORDERS:
The Foreign Ministry is now also, seeking to establish contacts with the Free Syrian Army, (FSA), leadership to discuss the possibility of their involvement into the process of political settlement of the Syrian crisis.
Earlier Wednesday, the Russian president revealed that his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, had proposed uniting the Free Syrian Army forces and President Assad’s army to battle Islamic State terrorists, (IS).
('IS', Islamic State. 'ISIS', Islamic State in Iraq and Syria)
"It could create the ground for political settlement in Syria", Putin added.
"During my recent visit to Paris, French President Francois Hollande expressed an interesting idea, saying it is worth trying to unite the efforts of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad's army and the 'so-called' Free Syrian Army", Putin said during a meeting with Defence Minister, Sergey Shoigu.
He said, however, that Russia does not know where, exactly, the Free Syrian Army is or who 'heads' it.
"If we assume that this is the military wing of the 'so-called' healthy part of the opposition, then uniting their forces against the common enemy, 'ISIS', 'Jabhat-al-Nusra' and other terrorist organizations, it could create good ground for the political settlement in Syria", Putin added.
According to the Russian president, a political solution should end conflicts like the one in Syria.
"Such conflicts should end through solving political issues", he said.
Putin praised the preliminary results of the Russian Air Force operation in Syria against Islamic State militants.
"We know how complicated these 'anti-terrorist-operations' are... It is too early to review the results but what has been done deserves high positive assessment... Russia will give support to the Syrian Army’s fight on the ground against Islamic State"... As for further work, we hope that it will be synchronised with the actions of the Syrian Army on the ground and 'military-space forces will effectively support the offensive operation of the Syrian Army against terrorists", Putin said.
Putin ordered the Russian military to continue cooperation with the US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq and Iran on Syria.
"We should continue working with our foreign partners, because without their participation, without the participation of 'Saudi-Arabia', 'Turkey', 'US', 'Iraq', 'Iran' and 'neighbouring-countries', it will be hard to organise such work in a proper way", Putin said.
Moscow launched its military operation against Islamic State terrorists, at the request of the Syrian government, on September 30, 2015.
"Since the start of the operation, the Russian military have destroyed at least 112 objects belonging to 'jihadists'... Among them are 19 commanding points, 12 ammunition depots, 71 armoured vehicles and six factories that produced explosive devices", Russian Defence Minister, Sergey Shoigu, said on Wednesday.
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