Blair believes that the West is obliged to cooperate with Russia in the battle with IG

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair believes that Western countries need to cooperate with Russia in the battle against extremism in the middle East, for example with grouping " Islamic state " (IG).

about this Blair said in an interview to the newspaper. For reviews of British former Prime Minister, Islamic extremism is the biggest long-term threat facing the world, and the West must be ready to cooperate in this matter with Moscow, as well as other countries, for example China and India. When Blair said that cooperation with the Russian Federation is obliged to be, despite the differences between Moscow and the West on the issue of events in Ukraine.

" Russia will most likely be involved in the process to find a solution to the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, " said Blair.

last week U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry said North America, despite the differences in Ukraine, continue the dialogue with Russia on the Syrian settlement. According to him, the US believe that " there is a possibility for cooperation with Russia - approx. Ed.), and even despite the difficulties in the Ukraine, we are talking with the Russians about it." While Kerry recalled, what is the U.S. strategy for resolving the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, for example, what caused the bombing terrorists IG. According to him, " the Assad regime and IG vary between them."

above the head of the joint Department heads U.S. army General Martin Dempsey said that the Ministry of defense does not share intelligence information possessed by the group IG with Russian security forces. At the same time General confirmed that the military command of the United States maintains a dialogue with their Russian colleagues, despite the curtailment of cooperation in connection with the situation around Ukraine.

The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century, October 25, stated that Russia was ready to cooperate in combating crime, but no agreements about the exchange of intelligence information possessed by the IG in the U.S. " coalition " was not.


US military campaign to eliminate grouping " Islamic state " will consist of three stages, informs the print edition of the new York times. The first stage consists in strikes on forces of the insurgents. The second stage will focus on the training and supply of uniforms of the Iraqi and Kurdish military power, but also may be authorized Sunni tribes. The third stage involves the destruction of the army terrorists in their refuge in the Syrian Arab Republic


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