WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Peskov stressed that Syria is the issue that cannot be put on a "pause."
"Syria is the burning issue and we cannot afford a pause of couple of months. So we have couple of months ahead [before the inauguration of Trump in January] and will continue to work with an acting administration in Washington and Putin will continue to work with Mr. Obama. We cannot afford waiting for couple of months. And what we have to do now, we have to ensure that promises to differ terrorists from other opposition will be realized into live," Peskov said.
He added that Moscow was expecting real cooperation with the new Washington administration on Syria, as simple data exchange was not enough.
"Russian air forces are continuing to perform its duties in order to support activities of Syrian army against terrorists and this operation is being continued," Peskov told CNN in an interview answering the question what Russian aircraft carrier's presence on Syrian shore meant.
