The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry held another meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly - 1st after informing about the start of the air campaign of the Russian Federation in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Lavrov and Kerry already twice held in new York dialogues, which discussed common efforts on counter-terrorism in the Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq, as well as the situation in Ukraine.

the head of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin first asked the Federation Council for permission to use Russian armed forces abroad. The Federation Council blessed this appeal. The Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation informed that the Russian VKS aircraft began conducting air operations with the targeted killings by terrorists from the "Islamic country" in the Syrian Arab Republic. Russia wants to use only the aircraft, acting on the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, leading the fight against terrorists " Islamic countries ", said on Wednesday the Head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov.

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