Zakharova stated that Russia prevented a global catastrophe

“The defeat of the” Islamic state “Russia prevented a global catastrophe, stopping the chain of the collapse of states launched by the United States and NATO in the Middle East.” This was told about the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharov, reports Lenta.ru.

According to her, the Russian army made a decisive contribution to the destruction of ISIL and other terrorist groups in Syria.

Also Zakharov accused the United States in supporting separatism in a number of Middle Eastern countries. In particular, she remembered Washington’s cooperation with Syrian Kurds.

“The United States impede the restoration of Syrian statehood, in particular, in the region to surfly pushing the USA to the separatism of local Kurds,” the representative of the Foreign Ministry said.