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Cooperation with Russia is in the interests of Syria, and it is part of the new government’s efforts to build relations with other countries, Interior Minister Ali Kaddah said in an interview with RIA Novosti that was published on February 4.
“Cooperation with Russia is in the interests of Syria and is part of the government’s efforts to build strategic relations with other countries that would contribute to maintaining regional and
international stability,” Kaddah said.
The minister added that relations between Syria and Russia are based on the principle of “respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.”
In addition, he stressed “relations with Russia as a major power with international weight will help protect the interests of the Syrian people in the international arena.”
Speaking about the negotiations on the presence of two Russian bases on the Syrian coast, the naval base in Tartus and the Hemieim air base in Jableh, Kaddah said that they are still ongoing, the results will be announced soon after their completion.
Just a day earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow views contacts between the Russian delegation and Syria’s new leadership as significant and intends to maintain dialogue.
“This is an important trip, important contacts, because it is necessary to build and maintain a constant dialogue with the Syrian authorities, which we are engaged in and will continue to engage in,” he said, according to TASS.
Russian authorities will continue to establish dialogue with the new leadership of Syria, Peskov added.
“We will continue dialogue with the Syrian authorities,” Peskov stressed.
Asked about media reports claiming the Syrian authorities had asked Russia for compensation to restore trust and extradition of former Bashar al-Assad, Peskov said: “I leave this without any comments.”
Last month, a Russian delegation led by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Presidential Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev arrived in Damascus, marking the first visit by Russian officials to the country since the fall of the Assad regime.
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Following talks with the Syrian government, Bogdanov described the three-hour meeting as “constructive” and reaffirmed Moscow’s continued support for Syria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
During the meeting, the Russian delegation emphasized the need to resolve the country’s challenges through an inclusive dialogue involving all political forces, as well as ethnic and religious groups. The parties also discussed the future of Russian military bases in Syria, he said.
Bogdanov stated that the negotiators agreed to continue consultations and, at present, there are no changes in Russia’s military presence in Syria.
Russian forces withdrew from dozens of posts across Syria in the weeks that followed the fall of the Assad regime on December 8. Nevertheless, they are still present and active in Tartus naval base and Hemiem air base.
The Syrian government has shown openness to maintain cooperation with Russia, but the future of the bases on the coast remains in question.
Even if an agreement was reached to keep the bases, the size and shape of Russian forces deployed there will likely change as combat operations in the country appear to be over. Still, Russia could help Syria rebuild its military, which relies heavily on Soviet and Russian equipment, and help it counter terrorist groups like ISIS.
Furthermore, the Russian military presence in the country may be important to counter the growing influence of other foreign forces like Turkey, the United States and Israel. The new government appears to be well aware of this.
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russia doesn’t need tartus. for most of the time they’ve had it, tartus consisted of a warehouse at the end of a jetty with a handful of personnel there. it’s not important. russia should just walk away from it, or use it for humanitarian aid. holding on to it just exposes them to blackmail from erdogan and his pet headchopper-in-a-suit jewlani, or whatever he currently calls himself.
they should just get out, nothing there worth fighting for no real russian interests there just half finished plans that died with the wagner guy.
say that one asshole to the thousands of russian soldiers, sailors and airmen that died for it between 2015 and 2024… you must either be a dual russian national in tel aviv rewarding the kremlin midget for his lets make a “silent deal” last month for more money… or working directly for mossad and cia/mi6?… fuck you and fuck putin!…
protecting the alwite minorities dictatorship in syria was a total waste of russian resources, lives, and diplomatic initiative.
much like dismantling the russian aviation industry and electronics industry was a waste of time and resources.
and preserving the ongoing genocide of the past 80 years is the cure? f-ing “k”!…
sounds like you’ve been listening to the same people who brought us the ghost of kiev, the heroes of snake island, the russians fighting with shovels and washing machine chips, the one million russian dead, the syrian gas hoaxes, the 6 million beheaded babies cooked in ovens and the 6 million raped women turned into soap and lampshades, the number of russian personnel killed in the 10 year intervention in syria is 197.
that includes all military and security personnel, private military contractors, from all causes. it includes at least one serviceman who committed suicide for personal reasons. it includes the crew of the ilyushin patrol plane who were lost when cowardly jews used it as a human shield. all these brave people should be honoured and given the respect they deserve.
they died to protect russia, syria, and the whole of humanity from the barbarism of the western proxy foreign legion of 100,000 headchoppers and throatslitters from 100 countries. may they rest in peace.
no. not exactly. i put the money in the proper mouth, unlike you anon that blames it all on the vatican.
its a important transit point for power projection in africa and the mediterranian. turkey,israel and the jewsa want the russian base gone. there is likely some kind of agreement in place otherwise these jihadist headchoppers would already have attacked it and assad would never have been collapsed with russias inaction when he was stressing for help.
also the rus airdefense didnt garantee a safe transit of iranian reinforcements which lead to the speedy assad government collapse. were those planes be allowed in safe passage the frontline would have been stabilized
why do the russians need to project power in africa, they are having difficultly projecting power on their own border. literally the entire situation with every former soviet republic are hot spots waiting to erupt, nothing is stable, belarus, khazakstan, all ready to fall to (((western))) interests.
for years russia held back al-qaeda and isis in syria. while zionists kept picking away at the structure. the us stole the oil to give to israel and gave kickbacks to turkey. and also took the farm land so the syrian people would starve.
russia chose not to over extend itself.
russia’s army is too small to be a super power, that is why they are only a regional power. they lack the material and will to have super power status
1.5 million is some small army.
where is it? why can’t it respond in kursk? what is it for if it isn’t allowed to fight? does it really exits or is only some potemkin dream on paper?
a million dead ukies would give you an argument on that one.
russia doesn’t need a mediterranean port and doesn’t need to give away vast sums of money to african cess pits. after effing one thing up after another russia doesn’t need to pretend to be a world power. they can’t even manage situations right on their own border.
the base has been enlarged twice with floating docks it helps replenish water and supplies for its warships-in 2005 russia wrote off nearly $14 billion of syria,s national debt so syria owes russia big time if as posters say and you vanya its not needed then tell me the reason america has over 900 bases worldwide ????
what other naval bases in the mediterranean in that area has russia?? -think -why does america surround russia with missiles in foreign countries rather than just shoot them off from america ???- time to get them to the target -strategy -shorter time more effective its simple military logic.
russia lack the will do such things, most of their ruling class are western syncophants who love the west and love living in western cities and western nations.
the russians lack the political will to defend the bases, it was bad idea from the get go as assad represented a small minority in syria while the turks supported the vast majority of the population which is turkic people.
negotiating with terrorists, pathetic dishonorable fools… those ports are leased, meaning russia is paying to use them which means russian government, if it proceeds in this shameful direction, will be directly financing terrorists and enemies of humanity.
apparently it’s not only russia negotiating with hts terrorist scum.
i like the last paragraph of this article, ‘ to counter the influence of turkey, united states and israel.’ the interest of having russia in syria is more in line with turkey’s interests than it’s own (let’s face it syria’s central government is beholden to edrogan). a weak or weaken central government is more in the interest of foreign nations in syria.
will the traitor putin defend the wahhabi gangs even if they to invade iraq?
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bashar assad’s brother should be running this country. he was smart enough not to take a criminal like putin as a leader. but putin’s bad example… bashar assad killed hariri, thereby destroying himself and his country. putin’s thefts and murders were, of course, attractive. bassel assad was smart. he would never in his life follow the monster of all monsters (putler) and killed hariri. everything is destroyed, the country no longer even has palmyra.
zzzzzombie talk
he was a gentleman and his name was bassel assad. but he died in a car accident. the state, of course, has no ministers, because it is no longer a state at all. as soon as putin’s puppet came to power, state became a russian colony. now the colony came under ottoman colonial administration. and the day will come when the madmen will attack iraq and maybe iran too. was it really necessary to take putin as a role model? why did hariri have to be killed?
zzzzzombie talk
tell me, dear russians, will you really defend this goddamn gang if it attacks iraq? there will be no elections within five years, but there will be an attack on iraq.
zzzzzombie talk