Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said the United States was not seeking conflict with Russia in Syria. A deflection line is used to prevent incidents, he told a briefing.
Thus, the brigadier reacted to the publication in the Wall Street Journal of the increase in the number of incidents involving Russian and American military aircraft over Syria. According to him, in the Middle East, Washington solves problems by fighting terrorists.
We don’t want to come into conflict with Russia and we don’t want to be distracted from our tasks in Syria. We will continue to use the deconfliction line, as well as open and closed channels for contacts with Russia on this matter.
Cavalier underlined.
He noted that the line of communication with Moscow is open, “contacts continue.” In the publication of the Wall Street Journal, the commander of the Air Force of the American Central Command, Lieutenant General Alexus Grinkevich, argued that the number of incidents between the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Army of the American air in Syria had recently increased. He spoke of the risk of miscalculations and clashes that could lead to conflict between the two countries.
Earlier, the US Army Central Command released video of Russian Su-35C fighter interceptions in Syria in April this year. We can see that the Su-35S carry R-73 air-to-air missiles.
Earlier it was reported that the Pentagon has again expressed concern over the “unprofessional” actions of Russian military pilots. In mid-March, US Army Middle East Group Commander General Michael Eric Kurilla complained about provocative bomber and fighter flights over US bases. He called the actions of the VKS pilots dangerous and unprofessional.
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