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Putin visits Damascus, meets Syrian president
TRACKING> State news agency SANA reported have reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Damascus on Tuesday and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
SANA said the two leaders met at a gathering location of Russian forces in Syria’s capital Damascus.
According to the report, the two leaders were briefed by the head of the Russian forces in Syria on the situation in the country.
He congratulated the Russian soldiers on the Christmas occasion while Assad expressed appreciation for the deployment of the Russian forces.
During their meeting, Putin told Assad that a stride has been made in regaining the structure of the Syrian state and the territorial integrity of Syria, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a statement.
He observed the return of normal life to the streets of Damascus, Peskov added.
This is Putin’s first visit to Damascus since the Syrian war broke out in 2013 and the second to the Arab country.
In December 2017, Putin visited Russia-operated Hmeimim Air Base in Syria’s northwestern province of Latakia, where he met Assad and ordered a partial withdrawal of Russian forces.
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