Press release

Joint declaration on recent military actions of the Russian Federation in Syria

Statement from the governments of France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA on Russian military action in Syria

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 2 October 2015

We, the governments of France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America state the following in view of the recent military actions of the Russian Federation in Syria:

We express our deep concern with regard to the Russian military build-up in Syria and especially ‎the attacks by the Russian Air Force on Hama, Homs and Idlib which led to civilian casualties and did not target Da’esh. ‎

These military actions constitute a further escalation and will only fuel more extremism and radicalization.

We call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease its attacks on the Syrian opposition and civilians and to focus its efforts on fighting ISIL.

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Published 2 October 2015