LONDON– President Vladimir Putin on Sunday defended Russia’s weapons supplies to Syria saying they are in the framework of the international law,according to RIA Novosti.
“If we speak calmly, I want to stress that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government of Syria in full compliance with the norms of international law and we call on our partners to act in the same way,” Putin told reporters after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday.
“We are not breaching any rules,” Putin said.
Putin also said he hoped the upcoming G8 summit in Northern Ireland “will have a positive influence” on the crisis in Syria.
Speaking on the planned international conference on Syria proposed earlier by Russia and the United States, Putin said: “I don’t think this conference is ruined.” “I fully agree with the prime minister [Cameron] that this is one of the most appropriate means of resolving the Syrian’ problem’,” he said.
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