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Negotiate with ISIS? Labour leadership candidate Smith backtracks on plan to sit down with jihadists — RT UK

'Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has backtracked on claims he would “get round the table” with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) to negotiate an end to the conflict in the Middle East. '

'Corbyn’s team has responded to Smith’s IS comments via social media, describing them as “hasty and ill-considered.”'

'IS controls large areas of Iraq and Syria and has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks in the west. '

'But at the moment ISIL are clearly not interested in negotiating.“At some point for us to resolve this, we will need to get people round the table.”Smith faced criticism on social media for his comments and was urged to clarify his position. '

'Smith made the comments at a debate with serving leader Jeremy Corbyn in Nottingham, hosted by the BBC, where they were challenged on whether they would support peace talks with Syria’s President Bashar Assad or members of IS.When asked whether IS should be allowed to join talks about resolving Syria’s civil war and other conflicts in the Middle East, Smith said “all actors” should be involved. '

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