If al-Baghdadi is really dead, Trump has made serious contribution to fight against int'l terrorism

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If al-Baghdadi is really dead, Trump has made serious contribution to fight against int'l terrorism - Peskov

MOSCOW. Oct 28 (Interfax) - If the reports about the killing of ISIL (banned in Russia) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are true, then U.S. President Donald Trump has made a serious contribution to the fight against international terrorism, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"If the information about the death of al-Baghdadi is confirmed, we can say that the U.S. president has made a serious contribution to the fight against international terrorism," Peskov said.

As for allegations of journalists that the reports on al-Baghdadi's death had caused a strongly negative reaction of the Russian authorities, Peskov said, "The news itself cannot cause a negative response from the Russian authorities."