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After his meeting with Mr. Obama, Mr. Putin belittled efforts by
Australia, France and the United States to fight Islamic State militants.
The Russian military had counted 43 strikes in Syria in 24 hours, he
said.
What is the result? Nobody knows if there is any, Mr. Putin said. If
we set ourselves the target of resolving specific issues and achieving
specific goals, this work should be coordinated in order to be successful.
The center was set up to coordinate efforts. I would like to repeat that it
has been set up for all who are interested in combating terrorism to join
in.
Mr. Putin said that Russia and the United States had agreed to work out
appropriate measures and that there needs to be some informational
coordination.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ivanov took pains to argue that the Western
countries flying missions against the Islamic State were acting outside
international law, because they did not have United Nations approval.
But the Russian actions are legal, he said, because Damascus requested
them.
In Syria, state-run news media strongly endorsed the move by Russia,
which it said was dispatching forces to Syria. Supporters of Mr. Assad
seemed particularly pleased that Russia was sending military aid
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because they felt his endorsement at the United Nations two days ago
was a bit tepid.
Deploying troops abroad remains a delicate topic in Russia, where
memories of the bloody fight against antigovernment forces in
Afghanistan in the 1980s remain fresh.
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