Russia has arrived in Damascus for the first time on Tuesday since the collapse of the Bashal Al Assadian government last month.
Among the diplomats arriving in the capital of Syria on Tuesday, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Mikhail Bogdanov, and Special President of Syria, who coaches the Middle East issue of Russia, Tas in Russia’s state news agency. He reported.
Syria’s rebels who defeated Al Asado last month have fought with Russia’s supported government for years, but their provisional leaders consider the overlapping historical connection and geopolitical interests. He suggests that he wants to continue his relationship between Syria and Moscow.
Amead Al Shara, the leader of the anti -government Alliance, who drove Al Asado, called Russia a “important country” last month in an interview with Al Arabiya, the state TV channel of Saudi Arabia. He told Russia that he did not want to leave Syria “to” he wanted.
“We don’t want to leave Syria in a way that Russia is impaired with our country,” said Alsia, and Syria rely on all weapons to Russia and manages many power plants. did.
Hayat Tahalil Al Sham, a group of Islamic and anti -government groups, has been branded as a terrorist organization from both Russia and the United States. However, Moscow and the western leaders reached out to him in a wider wider scramble for postwar Syria.
Russia has two major military bases in Japan. The Mediterranean Tartus Navy base dating back to the Soviet era, and the Kumeimim Air Force base near Latakia, founded by Moscow in 2015 to support Alsad. In a civil war. The Russian army has also established a small POST base nationwide.
The fact that the base must be closed is a serious blow to Russia’s ambitions, maintaining a military scaffold in the Middle East and influencing around the Mediterranean.
Russia’s President Vladimir V. Putin, who extended his exile to Moscow, said in a annual call -in show that he had to consider what Russia should do on Syria base. 。 New leadership.
“We have to think about this, because we are currently controlling and controlling the situation of this country and how we develop our relationship. Putin must be decided. “
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavlov said in an interview with Russian state -run media outlet in late December that a new rebel leader would make a change to the base agreement.
“Definitely a change in power and the ground change will make a specific adjustment for Russian military beings in Syria,” Lavlov said. “This includes not only continuous development of bases and bases, but also in management, maintenance, support conditions, and interactions with local governments.”
He stated that these problems could be subject to negotiations with the new Syrian leadership.