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Comment by truth on September 6, 2015 at 4:48pm

During an interview with Nykypäivä ja Verkkouutiset, Niinistö pointed out that Russia’s approach to the Syrian crisis was always somewhat different from the course of actions advocated by the West. He added that Finland’s former president Martti Ahtisaari also said that the West could’ve paid more attention to Russia’s view of the situation, back during the early stages of the Syrian conflict.

According to Ahtisaari, Russia had been willing to cooperate with the West since 2012, but the US and the UK were only interested in removing Assad.
“Ahtisaari was right,” Niinistö told Nykypäivä ja Verkkouutiset.

He also stated that ending the civil war in Syria would be an important step in dealing with the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe.

“Resolving this issue does not depend on accommodating the refugees, the solution lies elsewhere

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150904/1026606016.html