Putin set to host Syrian chief Assad at the Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host Syrian President Bashar Assad for talks in the Kremlin anticipated to aim on rebuilding Syria just after a devastating civil war
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin is established to host Syrian leader Bashar Assad for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday that are expected to aim on rebuilding Syria following a devastating civil war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported the two leaders would talk about “postwar reconstruction and the continuation of the peace method in all of its aspects with an emphasis on the complete priority of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Wednesday’s conference will come on the anniversary of Syria’s 12-12 months rebellion-turned-civil war that has killed almost 500,000 folks and displaced half of the country’s prewar populace.
Russia has waged a military campaign in Syria considering that September 2015, teaming up with Iran to enable Assad’s government to combat back again armed opposition groups and to reclaim management around most of the place. Even though Russia has concentrated its navy resources in Ukraine, Moscow has preserved its armed forces foothold in Syria and kept its warplanes and troops there. Moscow has also furnished sturdy political guidance to Assad at the United Nations and actively mediated to enable fix his government’s ties with regional powers.
Prior to a fatal Feb. 6 earthquake that killed 50,000 men and women in Turkey and Syria, Russia had been mediating talks among the two quake-hit nations.
Turkey and Syria have been on opposite sides in Syria’s civil war for much more than a ten years. Turkey continues to back armed opposition groups that handle an enclave in northwestern Syria. In December, Moscow hosted shock talks between the Syrian and Turkish defense ministers.
The Syrian, Turkish and Russian deputy international ministers as effectively as a senior adviser to their Iranian counterpart are also set to hold talks Wednesday and Thursday in Moscow to go over “counterterrorism efforts” in Syria.
Requested if Putin’s talks with Assad could engage in a function in restoring Syria’s ties with Turkey, Peskov responded that “the problem of the Syrian-Turkish relations will definitely be element of the talks’ agenda.”