MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on February 12, the first direct communication between the two since Sharaa’s forces overthrew Moscow’s ally Bashar al-Assad in December. […]
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Russia plans high-level contacts with Syria in near future, Lavrov says
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on February 12, the first direct communication between the two since Sharaa’s forces overthrew Moscow’s ally Bashar al-Assad in December.
Russia is hoping to retain the use of two military bases in Syria.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)