MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Fabius said in an interview with France Inter radio:
"This is openness, so to say, from Russia's side. We think that Russia is honest [in its intentions], and it makes sense to combine out efforts."
Remarks made by the foreign minister echo French President Francois Hollande, who called on Wednesday for a broad anti-ISIL coalition that includes both the United States and Russia. The president voiced his intention to travel to Washington and to Moscow next week to discuss coordinating joint efforts within a short time.
On November 13, extremists killed 129 people and injured over 350 in a series of coordinated attacks at various locations across Paris. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks in the French capital.
Russia has been conducting an anti-ISIL air campaign in Syria since September 30 at the request of President Bashar Assad. A US-led coalition, including France, has been operating in Syria since September 2014 without Syrian government approval.
