Russian Embassy in Washington responds to Pentagon accusations

SANAA, May 06 (YPA) – The United States’ military presence in Syria is illegal, hence, Washington has no right to criticize Russia, which is acting in that country legitimately, at the invitation of the Syrian authorities, the Russian embassy in the United States said on Wednesday.

“We would like to remind: US military presence in Syria is illegal in the first place. So the US does not have any right to criticize legitimate actions of the Russian Armed Forces which operate in Syria on the invitation of the Syrian Government,” it wrote on its Twitter account.

Earlier, the US Defense Department accused the Russian side of violating agreements to prevent engagement between the forces of the two countries in Syria.

“The coalition recalls that Russian forces, while generally complying with the disengagement agreements with its forces, continued to carry out violations that did not endanger coalition forces,” the Pentagon said in a report released Tuesday on the conduct of Operation Solid Resolve against terrorism.

Since the start of operations in Syria in 2015, Russia and the United States have concluded several agreements to prevent any incidents between the forces of the two countries.

E.M