Kerry: If Russia’s Syria Intervention Is ‘Genuine,’ ‘We Are Prepared to Welcome Those Efforts’

‘We must not and will not be confused in the fight against ISIL for the support of Assad’

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"If Russia's recent actions and those now ongoing reflect a genuine commitment to defeat that organization, then we are prepared to welcome those efforts, and to find a way to deconflict the operation, and thereby multiply the military pressure on ISIL, and the affiliated groups, but we must not and will not be confused in the fight against ISIL for the support of Assad. And moreover, we have made it clear that we have grave concerns that Russia should strike where ISIL and al Qaeda affiliated targets are not operating. Strikes of that kind would question Russia's real intentions of fighting ISIL and protection Assad regime."

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