Vladimir Putin has welcomed the announced withdrawal of American troops from Syria. It was a right decision, said the Russian President in Moscow on Thursday in front of journalists. He was also the assessment of U.S. President Donald Trump , the terrorist militia Islamic state (IS) had been defeated in Syria to a large extent. “We have moved the IS in Syria serious blows.” However, he can still see no signs of the withdrawal.
Putin referred to the fact that the American soldiers were without international mandate in Syria. A peace settlement was making progress, therefore, was over the presence of American troops, he said. Trump had announced on the previous day, surprisingly, the full withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Not only in the Anti-IS combatants allies such as France and the UK, this met with criticism. Many politicians and experts in the United States criticized the withdrawal as premature, since it strengthen the IS-militia and Iran, Russia and Syria’s ruler Bashar al-Assad a free Hand.
warning before a nuclear war
in Addition, Putin warned in Moscow against the growing danger of a nuclear war. “If, God forbid, something like this happens, it can lead to the destruction of the entire civilization, if not of the whole planet.”
The responsibility for the growing danger he saw on the part of the United States, the major arms control had terminated contracts. Russia intends to keep up with new weapons just for the balance. “Only the Balance, to provide for our security,” said the Russian President.
worrying is that in the military plan, the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons is declining. Dangerous for US to be-to assemble the plans, ICBMs with conventional warheads. So stay for the opponent it is unclear how he should react.
(fal/sda/afp)
Created: 20.12.2018, 12:46 PM
