WASHINGTON, September 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that US Secretary of State John Kerry "lied" about the influence of al-Qaida in Syria is "preposterous" and a mischaracterization of what America's top diplomat actually said, the US State Department said Thursday.
Kerry is "not losing sleep after such a preposterous comment that was based on an inaccurate quote and was completely mischaracterized," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told a news briefing in Washington.
Putin said Wednesday that Kerry "knows that he lied" about al-Qaida's level of involvement in the Syrian conflict, an apparent reference to Kerry's testimony before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee a day earlier in which he said the Syrian opposition had not become more infiltrated by al-Qaida over time.
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