MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that the Obama administration has proposed Russia to cooperate against some terrorist groups in Syria, if Moscow gets the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad to stop alleged attacks on US-backed opposition forces.
"No comment on this topic," Peskov told reporters a day after news broke, citing sources close to the Obama administration, of the alleged offer.
The US Department of State declined to discuss ongoing diplomatic conversations with Russia.
Russia has been calling on the United States to cooperate in Syria since the start of the Russian counter-terrorist aerial campaign in September. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a broad anti-terrorist coalition as well as stressing the need for establishing regular contacts between US and Russian defense ministries.
