Paris attacks could change NATO priorities - Russian deputy minister

This shock will 'change a little bit the scale of priorities of our colleagues in Washington and NATO' He said


Reuters November 15, 2015
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. PHOTO: REUTERS

BELEK: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers across Paris could change priorities in Washington and other NATO capitals.

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"The world is changing, and this shock, the shake-up that took place in Paris will probably ... change a little bit the scale of priorities of our colleagues in Washington in other NATO capitals," he said when asked whether the attack would bring the US and Russia closer together.

Paris attack was work of three teams, an act of war by Islamic 

Earlier, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Turkey and he said that talks on Syria in Vienna and signals from the world's capitals after the deadly attacks in Paris show greater understanding on the joined fight against terrorism.

He said however, that there still has not been a "breakthrough" in positions.

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