Europe Should Get Rid Of 'Phobias' To Avoid New Inflow Of Migrants - Putin

Europe should get rid of its "phobias" and help the Syrian people if it does not want to face a new influx of migrants, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday

SINGAPORE (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th November, 2018) Europe should get rid of its "phobias" and help the Syrian people if it does not want to face a new influx of migrants, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

"If the international community, Europe, above all, does not want to face a new inflow of migrants, it should consider getting rid of some phobias and just help the Syrian people regardless of political affiliations, helping the political process, this is obvious," Putin said at a press conference.

The president added that Russia was already delivering humanitarian aid to Syria and the European countries showed their readiness for joint work on humanitarian missions.

"We have carried out some operations with France. Our transport aircraft delivered aid to Syria. I hope this work will continue, not just with France, but with other European countries as well that are all extremely interested in rebuilding Syria," the president said.