US President Barack Obama said that Russia had to shift its focus from Syria. He also said that they have to concentrate on the war against Islamic State. President Vladimir Putin earlier said they will hunt down those terrorists who blew up Russian Airliner.
To his words, Obama made a fitting response. He said, "If in fact he shifts his focus towards the main threat - and that is ISIL (Islamic State) - that is something that we very much want to see."
Obama said this during sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Manila. He further added, "That's not how they've been operating over the last several weeks. It may be that now having seen ISIL take down one of their airliners in a horrific accident, that reorientation continues."
Obama further confessed that he had discussions with Putin at the G20 summit in Turkey and earlier at the United Nations in New York. Obama also promised to have more talks with Moscow on regular intervals.
