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[QUOTE]PARIS—Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. government would increase intelligence sharing with Russia in a bid to defeat Islamic State militants and to pursue other joint initiatives to address global security issues, such as the Ebola virus and nuclear proliferation.
The announcement by Mr. Kerry, following a three-hour meeting in France with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, signaled a reduction of tensions between Washington and Moscow that heightened earlier this year following the Kremlin’s move to annex the Crimean region of Ukraine.
Mr. Kerry said he pressed Mr. Lavrov to push forward with the September agreement Russia signed in Belarus with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that requires the sealing of Russia’s border with Ukraine and the demobilization of pro-Russia militias.
American and European sanctions on Moscow wouldn't be reduced until all the elements of the Minsk agreement were implemented, Mr. Kerry stressed.
Still, the Obama administration’s top diplomat said the majority of his discussion with Mr. Lavrov focused on issues other than Ukraine, particularly the advances made by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria and the continuing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.
“We came together today in order to try and focus on those issues where we can find the capacity together to make a difference,” Mr. Kerry told a news conference. “We talked about many other issues besides Ukraine.”
He said the U.S. and Russia would increase intelligence sharing concerning Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL. He also said the Kremlin would play a greater role in providing arms and military equipment to the Iraqi forces battling Islamic State.
“We both recognize that ISIL has absolutely no place in the 21st century,” Mr. Kerry said. “We both recognize the need to destroy and ultimately defeat ISIL, to degrade their efforts and ultimately to defeat them.”[/QUOTE]
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lets just all play nice and take over the world together
k?
[QUOTE=SexualShark;46234769]lets just all play nice and take over the world together
k?[/QUOTE]
They disagreed over East Ukraine, but Crimea is fair game.
Better to slowly reach out and shake hands than escalate political war games I guess
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IS will probably fuck up the Middle East at this rate but if they dare to reach Turkey and Russia, say bye bye
Dat picture. The bench must feel itself really important.
i didn't know kerry had much intelligence to share.
at least he has more intelligence than powell.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
[QUOTE=SexualShark;46234769]lets just all play nice and take over the world together
k?[/QUOTE]
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