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Russia's defence ministry baffled by France's statements on Russian operation in Syria

16 January 2016 18:38 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Russia's Defence Ministry has expressed its bewilderment over the French defence minister's remarks on Russia's Aerospace Force's activities in Syria, APA reports quoting TASS.

"The main and only goal of the Russian operation in Syria remains destruction of the largest hotbed of international terrorism which almost succeeded last year to absorb the whole territory of the United Nations' member country," the Russian defence ministry's spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

"It is not Russia that bears responsibility for creation of that hornet's nest but today's critics who have been supporting and arming Islamic 'opposition' groups since 2011," the general said.