Ex-British Ambassador to Russia: the West is moving in the direction favorable to Russia
The upcoming meeting of US presidents and Russia Barack Hussein Obama and Vladimir Putin during the 70th UN General Assembly special leaders met for almost two and a half years because of included in the acute phase of confrontation between States on the world stage, former British Ambassador to Russia Tony Brenton.
dialogues on the first day of the week show a dramatic change, despite the fact that North America and Russia has now presented the upcoming meeting in different ways. The American side informs that the Russian Federation first sought, and a key theme of bilateral negotiations will be Ukraine. The Russian side stressed that the meeting was arranged by mutual consent and that the main topic will be the Syrian Arab Republic, recalls former diplomat.
It is clear that the consensus of the meeting was preceded by Russia's actions in the Syrian Arab Republic. Western commentators have proposed elaborate explanations for the behavior of the Russian Federation, but the reality is much simpler, says former British Ambassador.
"As Putin says, the main goal of Russia - to prevent the strengthening of Islamic fundamentalism, which is a direct internal threat to it (RF - approx. Ed.) in the Caucasus and in other regions. They (the Russians - ed. Ed.) saw How ineptly acted in the West, for example in Iraq and Libya. Western support to the moderate opposition in the Syrian Arab Republic is an illusion