Putin spoke about the scale of the Russian presence in Syria

Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Charlie Rose.
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On the eve of his participation in the anniversary 70 session of the UN General Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin told American journalist Charlie Rose for CBS and PBS on the scale of the Russian presence in Syria. A small part of the interview is available. https://www.izakayasushilounge.com head of state.

“As for our, as you said, presence in Syria, it is expressed today in the supply of weapons to the Syrian government, in training personnel, in providing humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people,” the Russian leader said.

Putin stressed that Russia proceeds "from the fundamental principles of modern international law, according to which assistance, this or that, including military assistance, can and should be rendered exclusively to legitimate governments of various countries, with their consent or at their request."

He noted that “in this case we are dealing with a request from the Syrian government for the provision of military technical assistance to them, which we are doing in the framework of absolutely legal international contracts.”

Responding to questions from a journalist, the head of state said that "we are trying to create some kind of coordination structure." “I personally informed the President of Turkey, the King of Jordan, Saudi Arabia about this. Our military in contact with each other discuss this topic. We will be happy if we find a common platform for joint action against terrorists, ”Putin said.

Also on the site of the President of Russia, the full text of the interview to the American media was announced - it will be available on September 29, after Putin’s speech from the UN rostrum.

On September 26, Russian news agencies, citing their own military-diplomatic sources, reported that Russia, Syria, Iraq and Iran had created in Baghdad joint information center to combat "Islamic state". The information center for combat IS will be led by officers of the Armed Forces of Russia, Syria, Iraq and Iran on a rotational basis, with a rotation period of three months, the Iraqi side will control the structure in the next three months.

Officially, the 70 Session of the UN General Assembly began on September 15. In the course of the work, the global sustainable development goals for the 2015 period should be adopted. They will replace the Millennium Goals adopted in 2000. September 28 will open a general policy discussion where representatives from all 193 UN member states will be able to speak.