Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia has not been defeated in Syria after insurgent teams ousted his ally and longtime chief, Bashar al-Assad, earlier this month, Al Jazeera reported.
On Thursday, Putin stated he had not but met the previous Syrian ruler who fled to the Russian capital, however that he “will certainly discuss to him” and deliberate to satisfy him in Moscow, as per Al Jazeera.
He talked about he would ask Assad concerning the destiny of lacking US reporter Austin Tice, whose launch was described by the White Home as a “high precedence”, Al Jazeera reported.
Talking at his annual end-of-the-year information convention, Putin additionally denied claims of Russia’s loss with the autumn of the previous regime. Russia intervened in Syria in 2015 and turned the tide of the civil warfare there in Assad’s favour.
“You need to current what is occurring in Syria as a defeat for Russia,” Al Jazeera quoted Putin as saying. “I guarantee you it isn’t … we’ve achieved our objectives.”
He stated Russia intervened in Syria to “stop a terrorist enclave from being created there” and that “it isn’t for nothing that immediately many European nations and the USA need to set up relations with them [Syria’s new rulers]”.
“We keep relations with all of the teams that management the scenario there, with all of the nations within the area,” Putin continued, including that the “overwhelming majority of them inform us that they might be fascinated about our army bases remaining in Syria”.
Russia provided to take care of bases there “for humanitarian functions”, he stated. He additionally admitted to having evacuated 4,000 Iranian fighters within the aftermath of the autumn of the Assad authorities.
Notably, Syria’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Mohammed al-Bashir, has centered on repatriating Syrian refugees residing overseas as certainly one of his key objectives. Al-Bashir goals to “deliver again the thousands and thousands of Syrian refugees who’re overseas” as a part of efforts to revive stability within the nation.
