Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke in his memoirs about Russia’s role in fighting the international terrorist organization “Islamic State” (an organization banned in Russia). DEA News.
Abe’s book came out this week and includes interviews that the politician gave to various journalists between October 2020 and October 2021.
“And in terms of military power, Russia is doing the dirty work quite significantly. After all, the bombing of the strongholds of the extremist organization Islamic State was carried out by Russia, ”wrote the Japanese politician in connection with the idea of former US President Donald Trump to restore Russia’s membership of the G7.
Abe wrote that ISIS uses Syrian oil purchased by the international community as a source of financing, while the Russian Federation is making efforts to “sweep this ISIS away”. The politician emphasized that this role is important for the world community.
The former prime minister added that during the Cold War the USSR was “the enemy” and the Western states were “easy to assemble”, but in modern realities everything is different, even when it comes to solving the problem. resources, difficult to do without Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Also in his memoirs, Abe saidFormer US President Barack Obama urges the G7 to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation.