Assad and Putin Moscow meeting
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2015.
Den russiske præsident Vladimir Putin og Syriens præsident Bashar Assad holdte møder i Moskva, tirsdag. Assad informerede den russiske leder om situationen i Syrien og regeringsstyrkernes planer.

"I går aftes ankom den syriske præsident Bashar Assad til Moskva for et arbejdsbesøg," sagde Kremlins talsmand Dmitry Peskov onsdag. "Præsident [Putin] blev informeret i detaljer af hans syriske modpart om de seneste udviklinger i Syrien og langtidsplanen."

De to ledere havde lange forhandlinger, som så fortsatte under tilstedeværelsen af Ruslands top politikere.

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Vladimir Putin said that the Syrian people have been confronting terrorists "practically single-handedly" for years, withstanding considerable casualties. Lately, they have achieved serious and positive results in this fight, he added.

The terrorists' attempts to destabilize the situation in the Middle East arouse deep concern in Russia because "unfortunately, people from the former Soviet republics, at least 4,000 of them, are fighting against the Syrian army," the Russian leader said. "Naturally, we cannot allow them to appear on Russian territory with all the combat experience and ideological brainwashing they have gone through."


Syria is a country friendly to Russia, and Moscow is ready not only to assist with fighting terrorism, but also in reaching a peaceful political settlement to the Syrian conflict in cooperation with other global and regional powers, Putin said.