Without strange rapprochement

The flight safety agreement in Syria between the Russian and American military will be signed in the near future. This was stated by the head of the Pentagon, Ashton Carter, reports Reuters.

“Our negotiations are very professional, very constructive, and I expect that they will lead to an agreement in a very short time,” Carter noted. US proposals, first set out during the video conference of the American and Russian military on October 1, include compliance by aviation of the two countries of a safe distance and the use of common radio frequencies for distress signals.

The third round of the military negotiations will be held on Wednesday, also in a video conference format, Carter said. “Even when we still do not agree on Syria politically, we must at least agree that our pilots are in maximum safety,” the minister emphasized.

Meanwhile, the American military reported that on Tuesday Russian and American aircraft were again within direct sight of Syria.

On Tuesday, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the department had prepared their proposals to ensure flight safety over Syria. "Russian experts approached American ideas as constructively as possible. The task is to complete the work on the document in the coming days. On October 13, 2015, the draft document was transferred to the American side on military -diplomatic channels," the report said.

On October 8, Carter said that the United States would not change its plans in Syria. They will still bomb Islamists and support a moderate opposition, he assured. At the same time, the minister promised that Washington would continue negotiations with Moscow to ensure the safety of coalition forces led by the United States. Russia will have the opportunity to join the search for a political solution to the conflict, he said.

At the same time, Carter reproached Moscow for that, instead of promoting the political resolution of the Syrian conflict, she "decided to double her support" to the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. “They said that they would fight the Islamic State, Jabhat al -Nusra and other extremist groups, but began to strike in groups that they are not,” the minister said. - Russia said one thing, but did another how it often does it. "

All this, Carter continued, will only lead to the fact that the Civil War in Syria will flare up even more. “We will not agree to cooperate with Russia until it continues to insist on this erroneous strategy,” he emphasized. - We consider Russian actions in Syria to be unprofessional: violation of Turkish airspace, which is NATO airspace, launching winged missiles that passed a few kilometers from the American drone. "The Pentagon head would not exclude that Russia would soon begin to suffer losses in Syria.