The trip and President Assad’s meeting in Kremlin with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin took place in absolute secrecy, and details weren’t revealed until after the Syrian President returned back to his homeland. The two war-time leaders discussed Russia’s military and political efforts in helping Syria recover from the devastating war that has been waged against it, with Moscow pledging to intensify its support of Damascus as the anti-terrorist counter-offensive is gaining momentum.
The event itself was a stark reminder to the rest of the world that Russia resolutely stands behind Syria’s legitimate and democratically elected government, and that the West’s blubbering talk of “Assad must go” is an unenforceable fantasy.
Andrei Fyodorov, Russia’s ex-Deputy Foreign Minister and Director of the Centre for Political Studies (studio guest); Afraa Dagher, Syrian political activist and Ammar Waqqaf, Syrian political analyst, a member of the British Syrian Society commented on the issue.
