RTI will highlight the direct quotes from Lavrov below the video:
On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke on the phone with his US counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, who expressed concern over Russian support to the Syrian leader. “Kerry was also pushing the very strange idea that supporting Bashar Assad in his anti-terror fight only strengthens the positions of ISIS, because the sponsors of ISIS would pump even more arms and money into it,” Lavrov said.
What is Kerry implying when making this statement?
I will repeat that: “Kerry was also pushing the very strange idea that supporting Bashar Assad in his anti-terror fight only strengthens the positions of ISIS, because the sponsors of ISIS would pump even more arms and money into it”
Sure sounds as if Kerry is saying, you continue your support of Assad and we'll be darn sure to increase the support to ISIS, including money and arms
Lavrov: “It's an absolutely upside-down logic and yet another attempt to appease those who use terrorists to fight dissenting regimes,” the Russian FM said, mentioning US attempts to cooperate with varrious extremist groups in Syria over the past few years.
“It's a colossal mistake that the US-led [anti-ISIS] coalition never considered interaction with Syria, not even information exchange,” Lavrov said.
“I cannot comprehend this logic, or rather absolute lack of logic.” “We help not only Syria, we also provide weapons to Iraq and other countries of the region that find themselves on the frontline with the terror threat. Equally for Iraq and other countries, we do so without any political preconditions,” Lavrov said.
What do you all make of Kerry's statement to Lavrov? And yes, I do think Kerry made that statement or Lavrov would not repeat it.Please don't miss... my expressing of dismay at the alternative media spinning for NATO wars