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the Russian Embassy in Washington, criticized the U.S. state Department for the offer of Moscow to leave the Middle East. Diplomats said that Russian troops are in Syria at the invitation of the government.

So the Embassy responded to the statement of assistant Secretary of state David Schenker, who expressed the opinion that Russia plays in the middle East “destructive role”. Diplomats asked Shenker: on what bases are in this country USA? “Despite the fact that neither the legitimate government nor the UN did not give approval to the deployment of American troops”, – quotes RIA Novosti statement of the Embassy.

Earlier, another attack Washington to Moscow was commented by the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Vladimir dzhabarov, calling it a reflection of internal problems of the American elite. According to dzhabarov, “Americans want their internal problems to translate to the external trend.”

Recall that in 2015 Russia at the request of the official Syrian authorities to provide military and other assistance to the Republic in the fight against terrorism and rebuild the country. As for the coalition led by the USA, which conducts military operations against DAISH (the Arabic name for the banned terrorist organization “ISIL”) in Syria, it operates without the consent of official authorities of the country. In Damascus, the US actions are called occupation, considering the true cause of the stay of American troops is the control over the oil fields.