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“Maybe Their Stated Goal Is Not Entirely Sincere? Maybe It Is Regime Change?”
from The News Doctors:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has questioned the sincerity of the US and Saudi-led anti-ISIL coalition, which he claims needs to choose what is more important, fighting terrorists in Syria or the government troops.
The West and its partners in anti-ISIL coalition must decide whether their aim is to eliminate Islamic State terrorists or to use extremists to attain political goals, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
“Maybe their stated goal is not entirely sincere? Maybe it is regime change?” Lavrov said in an interview with Russia’s NTV television.
“Maybe they are trying as before to use the extremist groups to attain the goal of weakening the government troops? We still don’t have the answer to this question,” the minister said.
Lavrov stressed that Russia does not want the repetition of scenarios when some countries, including France, openly placed their stakes on terrorists.
“We do not want the events, when [some countries] not only cooperated with terrorists but plainly relied on them, to happen again. Extremists have been armed by our French colleagues who are now talking much about the necessity to respect international law,” Lavrov said.
Weaponry was delivered to opponents of former long-time Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in violation of a UN Security Council resolution on prohibiting arms deliveries to anyone in Libya, Lavrov said. The very same arms were used later against the French in Mali, he added.
