Yahoo – AFP,
14 Oct 2014
Paris (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have agreed to step up intelligence sharing over the Islamic State (IS) group.
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| US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting at the Chief of Mission Residence in Paris on October 14, 2014 (AFP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) |
Paris (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have agreed to step up intelligence sharing over the Islamic State (IS) group.
"I
suggested to Foreign Minister Lavrov that we intensify intelligence cooperation
with respect to ISIL and other counter-terrorism challenges of the region and
we agreed to do so," Kerry said using an alternative name for the IS
jihadists.
He said
that during a three-hour-and-15-minute meeting in Paris, the two top diplomats
had discussed "whether Russia could do more to support Iraqi security
forces" fighting IS.
The
hardline group has seized large swathes of territory in both Iraq and Syria.
"The
foreign minister indeed acknowledged their preparedness to help with respect to
arms, weapons, they are doing that now, they already have provided some, and
also potentially with the training and advising aspects," said Kerry.
He said he
and Lavrov recognised "that ISIL has absolutely no place in the 21st
century".
"No
decent country by any definition can support the horrors perpetrated by ISIL.
And no civilised country should shirk its responsibility to stand up and be
part of the effort to stamp out this disease."
For his
part, Lavrov said that while Moscow and Washington still had "differences
of opinion" they both had a particular role to play in resolving global
problems.
"They
must cooperate more effectively, especially in the fight against
terrorism."
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