Washington and Moscow are renewing security cooperation, which ground to a halt amid the rift caused by the Ukrainian crisis. The two are back in business together to share intelligence on the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militant group, reports GHN based on RT.
The mending move came after a three-hour meeting in Paris between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry. The talks were focused on issues other than Ukraine and appear to mark a pivot in US-Russia relations, which lately have stood at a post-Cold War low.
The renewed cooperation, and particularly sharing of intelligence on the IS is part of US and Russia assuming "major responsibilities" as world powers, Kerry said. Tackling North Korea and finding a solution to Iran's controversial nuclear problem are other examples where the two nations need a partnership, he added.
Lavrov, speaking separately from Kerry, confirmed the development.
"We can cooperate better together to increase the effectiveness of settling problems for larger society. That especially concerns the fight against terrorism, which has now become the main threat to the whole Mideast," he explained.
The crisis in Ukraine started with anti-government protests last year, which the US and the EU supported and which led to an armed coup in which right-wing radical groups played a key part.