France on Monday accused Russia of constantly lying over its role in Syria, saying it was claiming to battle ISIS group militants when it was only interested in backing Bashar al-Assad.
Another round of Russia-US talks on ending the bloody conflict made no progress at the weekend as the Syrian president’s forces closed in on the last pockets of rebel resistance in Syria’s second city, Aleppo.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the talks failed “because there is double-talk and a sort of permanent lie” on the part of Russia.
“On the one hand they say: let’s talk, let’s talk and get a cease-fire,” Ayrault said as he arrived for a regular meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels.
“On the other hand, they continue the war and this war is a total war, aimed at saving Assad and capturing Aleppo,” he said.

France accuses Russia of 'lying' about Syria

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (center), speaks with Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak (right), during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP)
AFP, Brussels
Monday 12 December 2016
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