The Arab state ought to purpose for a “good” relationship with Moscow primarily based on mutual respect and pursuits, the fee’s president, Anas Al-Abdah, has informed RT
The Syrian Arab Republic ought to preserve a great relationship with Russia primarily based on mutual respect and pursuits, Anas Al-Abdah, the president of the Syrian Negotiation Fee (SNC), informed RT Worldwide on Monday.
The SNC was based in 2015 below the mandate of the UN to oversee negotiations between Damascus and the opposition. The fee is made up of Syrian opposition forces.
On Sunday, numerous opposition teams, together with Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham jihadists and US-backed Free Syrian Military fighters, seized management of Damascus following a swift advance throughout the nation. The Syrian Military retreated and former President Bashar al-Assad and his household have been granted asylum in Russia.
Requested by RT about the way forward for Syria-Russia relations, Al-Abdah stated: “We should always purpose for good relations with Russia primarily based on the mutual curiosity of Russian folks and Syrian folks, the Russian state and the Syrian state.”
That signifies that the 2 nations’ mutual future “needs to be paramount in figuring out the relations that may occur sooner or later,” in line with the politician, who served as president of the Syrian Interim Authorities from 2019 to 2021.
“I imagine this is essential …” Al-Abdah stated, including that “Syria wants all the assistance on this world.”
He additional identified that greater than half of the nation’s inhabitants is presently displaced or are refugees, 80% of the western metropolis of Homs is destroyed, and far of the nation’s infrastructure ruined.
“We’re within the enterprise of maximizing the variety of our associates and minimizing the variety of our enemies,” Al-Abdah acknowledged, emphasizing that “Russia is a vital participant on this world regionally and internationally.”
There are lots of avenues for the 2 nations to “discover” with a purpose to preserve a great relationship and even enhance it, the SNC head concluded.
The militant teams that overthrew Assad’s authorities in Syria have pledged to respect Russia’s army installations and diplomatic missions within the nation, a Kremlin supply informed TASS on Sunday.
Russian army forces are current in Syria at Khmeimim Air base and a logistics assist middle in Tartus, positioned within the western a part of the nation alongside the Mediterranean coast. In 2017, Moscow and Damascus agreed to station Russian troops at these bases for a interval of 49 years.
Commenting on the current developments in Syria, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Monday they got here as a shock to the world, together with Russia. Peskov famous that it’s going to take time earlier than Moscow can interact in “critical conversations with those that maintain energy.”
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