The US State Department said that Russia should “get out” of the Middle East because of its supposedly “destructive” role.
“For 45 years, this has been the cornerstone of American politics – keeping Russians away from the Middle East. Now they are there, playing a destructive role. And we, frankly, think that they should get out of there, ”said Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker during a video conference at the Institute for the Middle East in Washington.
According to him, Russia’s success in Syria, where it “changed the course of the war” and retained the power of President Bashar al-Assad, encouraged her to begin acting in Libya. There, according to the diplomat, she now “does not play a productive or stabilizing role.”
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Schenker also reiterated the thesis of US President Donald Trump that the administration of his predecessor, Barack Obama, “welcomed the Russians’ arrival in Syria,” believing that this would “drag the Russians into a quagmire.” He suggested that this was a diplomatic failure of the Obama administration.
At the same time, the representative of the State Department said that the United States does not force other “great powers” (Russia and China) to make any choice in their Middle East policy – Washington wants “to know what the consequences may be as a result of the choice they make “.
In late May, Africom, the African command of the US Department of Defense, accused Russia of transferring combat aircraft to Libya. The Pentagon claimed that “they were repainted to hide belonging.”
According to the American side, Russian aircraft are intended to help the fighters of the “private military company Wagner”, who are fighting on the side of Libyan Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Since 2015, Russia, at the request of the official Syrian authorities, has been conducting a military operation in Syria against terrorists. She also helps with the restoration of the country.
Regarding Libya, Russia has repeatedly stated that it does not intervene in the situation in this country. There has been a civil war there since 2011.
