The United States and Russia agreed to strengthen intelligence exchanges related to the fight against the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in the Middle East and Central Asia, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday.
The United States and Russia can overcome their differences on Ukraine and cooperate in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria, Kerry said.
“In our discussions today I suggested to minister Lavrov that we intensify intelligence cooperation with respect to ISIL and other counter-terrorism intelligence in the region and we agreed to do so," Kerry told reporters in Paris following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"We also agreed to explore whether Russia could do more to support Iraqi security forces, and the foreign minister indeed acknowledged their preparedness to help with respect to arms, weapons … and also potentially with the training and advising aspects."
This post was published at RAI Novosti
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