US ready to search for new friends and create new alliances — Trump
The US president added that his country was ready for cooperation, including with the Muslim world, to defeat the Islamic State
WASHINGTON, March 1. /TASS/. The United States is ready to search for new partners and establish new partnership relations, according to excerpts from Trump's joint address to the US Congress.
"America is willing to find new friends, and to forge new partnerships, where shared interests align," the document reads.
Trump added that his country was ready to cooperate with allies, including in the Islamic world, to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group.
"As promised, I directed the Department of Defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy ISIS - a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians, and men, women, and children of all faiths and beliefs."
"We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim World, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet," it reads.