Today is a big day in Moscow for diplomacy related to Syria. Today was the first day of two days of meetings at the level of deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkiye, Syria and Iran at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Russian President Vladimir Putin after arriving in Moscow yesterday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also met with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad in Moscow.
Upon receiving Assad at the Kremlin, Putin said that thanks to joint efforts by Russia and Syria significant success has been achieved in the fight against international terrorism. “We stay in touch and our relations are developing. Thanks to our joint efforts and the decisive contribution of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, significant results have been achieved in the fight against international terrorism.” Putin stressed that the achieved results provided “an opportunity for stabilizing the socio-economic and domestic political situation.”
Putin expressed regret that the Syrian people “faced another very serious problem, a catastrophe, the effects of an earthquake.” He told Assad that “This, of course, aggravates the situation. But we, like real friends, are trying to support you.”
