The Russian foreign minister made this statement after a session of the foreign ministers from the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC).
The Russian foreign minister said that "those who don’t want to come under strikes, should leave the positions held by terrorists."
"The Turkish colleagues have confirmed that they agree with this logic," the Russian foreign minister said.
- The minister pointed out that Russia and Turkey have no differences on who are considered terrorists in Syria.
The diplomat stressed his hope for contacts between Russian and Turkish military over Syria.
- According to Lavrov, Russia and Turkey have resumed the activities of the working group on the fight against terrorism.
"Our joint work on the fight against terrorism is acquiring particular relevance," he said. "Together with the Turkish side, we have set up a bilateral working group on combating terrorism. It comprises representatives of the Foreign Ministry and intelligence services. Over the past seven months, its work has been frozen for obvious reasons, but today we agreed to resume it at an early date. I think contacts will develop through other channels as well, including between the military in the two counties taking into account actions of our Aerospace Forces in accordance with the invitation of the Syrian government, taking into account the fact that Turkey is a member of the US-led coalition."
According to Lavrov, Russia and Turkey "will be able to discuss all, even the most difficult issues, including efforts to thwart terrorist financing in Syria from abroad and prevent the use of Turkish territory for supporting terrorist organizations."
"Today we identified these issues in general terms. I hope that we will be able to achieve joint results in practice," the minister said.
[tass.ru]
1/7/16
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