President al-Assad Receives Phone Call From Russian President

19 October، 2016

Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad received on Wednesday a phone call from the Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing with him latest developments related to combating terrorism in Syria and the exerted political efforts to resolve the crisis in it.

The Russian President stressed, during the call, that the Russian stance towards Syria has not changed as it remains committed to continuing the fight against terrorism and to preserving the unity of the Syrian territory.

In turn, President al-Assad thanked the Russian President for Russia’s efforts on the international arena despite pressure on it by some countries to discourage it from continuing to adhere to the rules of international law and respect the sovereignty of states.

President al-Assad stressed Syria’s determination to fight terrorism in parallel with achieving reconciliation and continuing work towards activating the political track to resolve the crisis in Syria.

Manar al-Frieh/Manal