The US-led campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria is a “bad mistake,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
"Unfortunately, when the Americans announced this crusade against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, they never came to the Security Council, they just announced the coalition and they announced that the Iraqi government gave its consent," Lavrov told Bloomberg TV in an interview.
"I believe it was a mistake. I think that just an obsession with the personality of [Syrian President Bashar] Assad is not bringing any good to the common cause of fighting terrorism."
Russia is not against the actions of the international coalition against Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS or ISIL), but bombardment of the militant-controlled areas of Syria without the approval of Damascus authorities is a mistake, Lavrov said.
The Russian Foreign minister said that the jihadists may move very far away from Syria and Iraq. He also said the UN Security Council needs to take steps to find out who is buying oil from the IS fighters.
Source: Russia Today
02-06-2015
