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Rybakov: Russia will not contact the US after the incident in the skies over Syria
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] Moscow will not initiate any contacts with the United States of America after a series of incidents involving dangerous approaches of US drones to Russian aircraft in Syria, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said on July 3. "These were American drones that came dangerously close to our aircraft. If they had been somewhere closer to the state of Texas, these drones, then such close encounters would not have happened," the diplomat told journalists, answering a question on the matter.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 29, the deputy head of the Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides (CROS) in Syria, Yuri Popov, stated that a dangerous approach of an American reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle to a Su-35 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces occurred in the skies over the Arab country. Popov specified that the incident occurred during a planned flight by a Russian fighter in Syrian airspace. The collision was avoided thanks to the actions of the Russian pilot, who took the necessary measures in a timely manner. It was also emphasized that the coalition’s actions are aggravating the situation in the airspace of the Arab Republic. More from regnum.ru Peskov: Russia is making great efforts to resolve the conflict in Syria Russia welcomes the readiness of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for dialogue with Syria, since the process of establishing peace in this country is truly important. This was reported to journalists by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov. "We welcome the process of establishing peace in Syria. Russia is making a lot of efforts towards this. And we can only welcome contacts with neighboring states, which will allow this process to continue to develop successfully," the press secretary emphasized. He also noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Erdogan will most likely discuss the situation in Syria at one of their upcoming meetings. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 2, during a briefing, the Kremlin’s official representative Dmitry Peskov commented on possible negotiations between Syria and Turkey in Baghdad. Earlier it became known that military delegations from Turkey and Syria held talks at the Syrian Khmeimim airbase, which is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. Thanks to the event, the dialogue between Turkey and Syria was resumed. Before that, it had been frozen for a long time. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also noted that the Turkish president plans to hold talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during the July summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kazakhstan. Posted by: badanov 2024-07-04 |
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