Definition: In this task, you are given a sentence in Persian, and your task is to translate it into English.
Input: درحالی‌که دولت آمریکا در حال ارزیابی عملیات نظامی در سوریه است، رئیس‌جمهور روسیه، پوتین، در نیویورک‌تایمز از مردم خواست سلاح‌های خود را از یک کشور جنگ‌زده دور نگاه دارند.
Output:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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As the US government weighs military action in Syria, Russia's President Putin appealed to the American people in the New York Times to keep their weapons out of the war-torn country.