MOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has ruled out discussions over the status of the Al-Nusra group saying they are terrorists.
Al-Nusra is outlawed in Russia as a terrorist organization.
"The question is not about what kind of attitude the United States has towards Jabhat al-Nusra. The subject is closed," she said at the European forum of young diplomats on Friday. "Al-Nusra is a terrorist organization. Any discussions on that score would be inappropriate in principle."
"The Russian-US agreements contain the United States’ clear obligations to separate al-Nusra and the opposition," Zakharova said. "We are witnesses to the inability, or, possibly, reluctance, of our US counterparts, to comply with the assumed commitments, which caused the disruption of these agreements