Kremlin: Russia will increase activity of its Air Force in Syria
Deputy Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Russian Federation Council, Frantz Klintsevich stated that the activity of the Russian Air Force in Syria would increase. According to Klintsevich this is not only because of the need to “finish off the terrorists” but also has to do with the possibility of a face-to-face meeting between the US President, Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"It’s likely that the activity of the Russian Air force in Syria will only increase in the near future. It is obvious that this primarily has to do with purely military reasons — what is called striking the iron while it is hot, without giving the ISIS terrorists an opportunity to raise their head again. But at the same time, we are preparing for a possible meeting between the Presidents of Russia and the United States," wrote Klintsevich on his Facebook page.
Trump mentioned earlier that he intends to meet Vladimir Putin in Vietnam on the sidelines of the APEC summit. Later, the spokesman for the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, said that the meeting is being coordinated. One of the possible issue that will be discussed during the meeting is the Syrian settlement.
Klintsevich noted the importance of the forthcoming meeting of the Russian and American presidents for a successful Syrian settlement and postwar reconstruction of the country.
"It is clear that any historical analogy is conditional, but the Yalta Conference of February 1945 comes to mind. More than 70 years have passed, everything has changed except one thing: they only talk to those who are strong, " Klintsevich summed up.