The US and French defense ministers on Wednesday condemned Moscow's role in the Syria conflict, saying Russian jets should stop targeting the opposition forces fighting ISIS, AFP reports.
"The Russians are on the wrong track strategically and also in some cases tactically," said US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter after a meeting in Paris of seven defense ministers in the coalition fighting ISIS.
"We don't have a basis for broader cooperation (with Russia)," Carter said.
His French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian said, for his part: "We hope that Russia will concentrate its efforts against Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ISIS] and stop bombing the groups of the uprising [against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] who themselves are fighting Daesh."
At the same time on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was ready to work more closely with the US-led coalition to help facilitate aid deliveries inside Syria.