Victoria Ivanova. France's foreign Minister Laurent Fabius during a meeting of foreign Ministers of the countries "channel four" (Russia, France, Germany, Ukraine) September 12, plans to discuss with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Russia's position on the Syrian crisis.

"If we talk about guns, we need to understand that the Russian Federation traditionally supplied arms to the Syrians. But If the story is about the staff, we must understand the goal. If there is the prospect of offensive action, it should be understood, against whom they are directed. This I will discuss with Sergey Lavrov, " said Fabius, speaking on the last working day of the week in the broadcast television channel.

yesterday the Head of Russian foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov confirmed that Russian Soldiers are in the Syrian Arab Republic for many years. According to Lavrov, " their presence is associated with the supply of weapons for the Syrian army, which carries on his own shoulders the main burden of opposition to terrorism in the face of ISIS and other extremist groups, and Russian Soldiers are there to help the Syrians to master this technique, and prepare it for use in the anti-terrorist battle."

Moscow also called "international coalition" of cooperating with the Syrian authorities under the auspices of the UN security Council to combat ISIS. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that Moscow believes that coordination with the Syrian armed forces should be an important element in the consolidation of efforts in the battle against crime as part of a broad coalition.

in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 continues with weapons of conflict, during which, according to the UN, lost their lives more than 220 thousand people. Government troops to confront terrorist units belonging to different armed groups. The most active are the extremist militants of the "Islamic state" and " dzhebhat EN-Nusra "?.

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