Obama: Russian airstrikes bolster Assad

Описание: (24 Nov 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY

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Washington DC - 24 November 2015
1. Barack Obama, US President, and French President Francois Hollande arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Regarding the broader crisis in Syria, President Hollande and I agreed that Russia's strikes against the moderate opposition only bolster the (Bashar) Assad regime, whose brutality has helped to fuel the rise of ISIL (Islamic State group). We agree that Russia could play a more constructive role if it were to shift the focus of its strike to defeating ISIL. And likewise, President Hollande and I agreed that the best way to bring peace to Syria is through the principles reaffirmed in Vienna, which require active Russian support for a ceasefire and a political transition away from Assad to a democratically elected government that can unite the Syrian people against terrorism."
STORYLINE:
The US president said on Tuesday that "Russia's strikes against the moderate opposition" in Syria only served to "bolster the Assad regime."
Obama was speaking after an Oval Office meeting with French President Francois Hollande at a joint news conference.
He went on to link the "brutality" of the Assad regime with the rise of the Islamic State group.
Obama also said that he and Hollande agreed that "Russia could play a more constructive role if it were to shift the focus of its airstrikes
to defeating ISIL (Islamic State group)."
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