It was a historical moment, announced with hardly any in advance or too many statements: the first meeting – with photography included in the new leader and tenant of the Syrian presidential palace, Ahmed Al Sharaaformerly known as Abu Mohammed al Jolani-, this Tuesday, among the new masters of Damascus y Russiathe former main ally of the regime of Bashar Al Asadnow exiled in Moscow.
Russia has assured the Kremlin During the early hours of Wednesday, it seeks to maintain its two military bases in Syrian territory, the Naval Port of Tartús y La Base Aérea de Hmeimimin Latakia. “Nothing has changed, and the issue requires additional negotiations. We have agreed to continue our consultations in a deeper way in all areas of our cooperation,” the Russian news agency ‘Tass’, the Vice Minister of Foreign Russian, Mijail bogdanovwho headed the Kremlin delegation to Damascus and who was photographed, without many smiles and by protocol, with Sharaa in the Syrian capital.
The change is brutal: just six weeks ago, with Asad still in the command, Russia bombarded discretion Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (hts)the militia commanded by Al Sharaa, whom Moscow cataloged – and still catalogs – like a Terrorist leader.
Dendied presence
Russia, with its aviation, was key to the ASAD survival in power. Russian fighter and bombers attacks against Syrian civilian populationeven Russian participation and cover -up Human Rights Syrian as for the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPAQ).
Since the defeat of Asad, thus, Russia has been taking part of its assets and personnel from the bases of the tartú and Hmeimim, while the new interim government of Damascus has unilaterally broken a previous one contract with Moscow – was granted by Asad – so that it was a Russian company that managed the commercial port of Tartús.
Al Sharaa, however, already expressed in the past his intention not to want break the relationships between Syria and Russia, “country from which the vast majority of Military Armament and Technology “ of the Arab country. Damascus, now, however, hopes to start a very different relationship with Moscow, the patterntogether with Iranof the old Syrian regime.
“The two sides have entered discussions on mechanisms of transitional justice to ensure that justice is done and responsibilities are refined with the victims of the Brutal War made by the Asad regime against the civilian population, “says the statement published by the office of Al Sharaa, which adds:
“In our dialogue we have stressed that to restore our relationships, the past errors; and we have specified the role that Russia must have to recover the confidence of Syrians through concrete measures such as Repairs and helps in the reconstruction and recovery of the country. “
