The defense Ministry denied the information about the impact of Pro-American forces in Syria
Moscow. March 1. INTERFAX.RU Military aviation of Russia and Syria have not attacked on the coordinates that were specified by the U.S. military of the USA as the area of action of the Pro-American opposition forces, said on Wednesday the Russian defense Ministry.
“Not a single shot on the specified areas of the American side of the Syrian or Russian aircraft are not applied,” — said in the defense Ministry, commenting on the statement of the US military about air strikes in Syria by Pro-American opposition forces.
The Russian defense Ministry said that 28 February was the contact through the established channels of communication between the Russian representative of the command of the air group of Russian air force at the air base, “Hamim” with his American counterpart at the air base in al-Udeid (Qatar).
During the negotiations the representative of the U.S. air force expressed concern that the Syrian and Russian planes in combat missions against ISIS South of the city, Manbij can cause unintended blow to the US-controlled armed groups.The defense Ministry
“In order to avoid any incidents the American representative told the Russian officer the exact coordinates of the location in the area of the U.S.-supported fighters of the “opposition forces”. This information was adopted by the Russian command note”, — stated in the defense Ministry.
“Effective cooperation between the command of Russian air force at the air base, “Hamim” and the U.S. air force in the fight against the ISIS terrorists in Syria will continue,” — said in the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation.
Earlier Wednesday, Western media, citing the American commander of the operation against the Islamic state group (banned in Russia) of General Stephen Townsend reported that aircraft of the aerospace forces of the Russian Federation accidentally struck in Syria by fighters of the U.S.-supported opposition groups.
According to Townsend, the incident occurred on Tuesday in Northern Syria. “Several Russian aircraft attacked the villages, which, as they believed, held the IG. In fact, there were the forces of the Syrian Arab coalition,” he told reporters.
According to S. Townsend, the soldiers of the American special forces were less than five kilometers from the district in which blows were struck. The commander explained that the U.S. military was notified about what is happening to the Russian side via the special communication channel, and then the strikes stopped.
The Supreme court has recognized the “Islamic state” (ISIL, ISIS) terrorist organization whose activity is prohibited on the territory of Russia.