Putin Urges Obama to Contribute to Separation of “Moderate Syrian Opposition” from Terrorist Extremist Groups

MOSCOW- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in a telephone conversation on Wednesday confirmed readiness to step up coordination of Russian, US military actions in Syria, the Kremlin says, according to Itar tass.

The conversation took place at the Russian side’s request, the Kremlin press service said.

Putin urged Obama to contribute to separation of “moderate Syrian opposition” from extremists.

 “As the situation in Syria was discussed, Putin called his interlocutor’s attention to the need to dissociate [moderate Syrian opposition] from the Jebhat al-Nusra terrorist group and other extremists to whom the cessation of hostilities does not spread as early as possible. Both sides confirmed readiness to build up military coordination of Russian and American actions in Syria and stressed the importance to resume the U.N.-brokered inter-Syrian dialogue with the aim to reach political settlement of the crisis in Syria,” the Kremlin said.

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