Syria wants to have Russia by its sideSyrian Foreign Minister Assad Shajbani said on Thursday during a visit to Moscow. At the same time, the chief of Syrian diplomacy called for mutual respect between Syria and Russia After the December overthrow of long -time Syrian President Bashar Assad supported by Moscow. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
“The current period is full of various challenges and threats, but it is also the opportunity to build a uniform and strong Syria. And, of course, we are interested in Russia during this journey by our side,” He said Shajbania. However, according to the Syrian Minister, there are a number of factors that complicate these relationships in practice. According to him, relationships should be based on mutual respect.
Šajbání also noted that Damascus will “perceive all countries as” the same “and build relations with them in respecting Sovereign Syria, the Russian news agency TASS reports. “We have heard that Moscow has supported our attitude, and we are glad that the relations between Russia and Syria will take an excellent direction in the near future,” added the Syrian minister.
According to AFP, it is not clear whether the new government led by Islamists will allow Russia to keep its bases on Syrian territory. During the Civil War in Syria, which broke out in 2011, Russia participated in this conflict with raids in the forces fighting against Assad’s regime. The Assad family, which has ruled in Syria for more than 50 years, allowed the Kremlin to build a naval base near the coastal town of Tartús and the Humajmi Aeronautics in Lazikia’s province. It is the only official military base of Russia outside the territory of the former Soviet Union.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is ready to provide Syrians to all possible help in restoring the country after the end of the civil war. “We have agreed to continue the dialogue on these issues,” He succeeded by the Russian minister, writes etc.
