US-Russia: Coordination of Anti-’ISIL’ Fight?

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The Russian Defense Ministry is willing to put into action the Pentagon proposals on cooperation on fight against the "ISIL" extremists, a spokesman for the ministry said Wednesday.

"The Russian Defense Ministry responded to the request of the Pentagon and promptly considered the US proposals on the coordination of actions in the fight against the "ISIL" terrorist group in Syria. In general, these proposals can be adopted for implementation," Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.

According to Konashenkov, Russian and US military experts will discuss technical details of the proposals later on Wednesday

Russia's Sukhoi Su-25, Su-24M and Su-34 attack aircraft with the support of Su-30 jets commenced precision airstrikes against "ISIL" targets in Syria on September 30, following a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, its airstrikes had already done considerable damage to "ISIL's" command and logistics networks, as well as to the infrastructure needed to equip suicide bombers.

The US-led international coalition against "ISIL" conducted airstrikes in Syria since September 2014, without the approval of the UN Security Council or the Syrian government.

On Tuesday, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said that Moscow was ready to use information obtained by the US-led coalition to combat "ISIL", and called on coalition members to exchange reconnaissance on the militant group.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team