The restoration of Russia's cooperation With the Alliance through the Council Russia-the NATO would help the interaction of our country and Western countries, carrying out the operation in the Syrian Arab Republic against the terrorist group "Islamic state" (IG), said Last news head of the Federation Council on defense and security Viktor Ozerov.

Commissioner of the German government for German-Russian intersocietal cooperation Gernot Erler before Thursday tried to convince him to restore the work of the Council Russia-NATO.

"the restoration works of Council Russia-the NATO would be absolutely correct and timely, it would help our military space forces in the Syrian Arab Republic and the Western States to coordinate the work of aviation there," he said.

The Senator recalled that some time ago the Council Russia-NATO was created to ensure that the Russian Federation and the countries of the North Atlantic Commonwealth jointly assessed the international environment risks international security, General planning steps to ensure and together were responsible.

"of course, the incident With our plane in Turkey is not going to disappear, but in the sky Syria is still a lot of Russian aircraft, and if we coordinated the use of aircraft, it would only benefit ", - said Ozerov.

in his vision, "one of the first indications of a possible recovery of the work of the Council Russia-NATO" was the decision of the President of the French Republic Francois Hollande on coordination of actions of the aircraft carrier "Charles the Gaulle" With the actions of VKS the Russian Federation in the Syrian Arab Republic.

along With this, Ozerov believes that these issues require "clearer of choice" From the perspective of international law." Russia is not an umbrella for NATO, " he said.

The Council Russia-NATO was formed in 2002, the last meeting of diplomats was held in June 2014. Since then, the dialogue between Russia and the Commonwealth of the frozen North Atlantic, the reason was the conflict in Ukraine.

sections: Politics