Baku – APA. The possible refusal of the United States to cooperate with Russia on the Syrian crisis settlement will become the best present for terrorists operating in the Arab republic, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday, APA reported citing Sputnik International.
"If we speak about the 'gifts to terrorists,' then of course it is a convergence of the Nusra Front and 'moderate opposition,' the deliveries of humanitarian aid to the militants and the bombing of the Syrian army fighting against IS. However, the best gift for jihadists would be Washington's refusal to cooperate with Russia on Syria's settlement," Zakharova wrote on her Facebook account.
She added that if Washington's threats to suspend cooperation came true, then it would be obvious that the United States "had taken terrorists under its wing.”
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Washington was prepared to suspend US-Russian bilateral engagement on Syria, including the establishment of the Joint Implementation Center.