The Russian Interdepartmental delegation, headed by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Middle East and Africa countries, was Deputy Minister of Foreign of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov on January 28, was the first after the fall of the Bashar al -Assad regime in Syria in Damascus. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation posted on the website of the department on January 29.
The department noted that “the delegation was adopted by the head of the New Syrian administration Ahmed Sharaa and had a thorough conversation with him, in which the members of the Provisional Government of Syria, Asaad Shibani Minister and Minister of Health Maher Sharaa, also participated.
“During the frank discussion of the entire complex of issues of Russian-Syrian relations at the modern turning point, the desire was also emphasized to build bilateral multifaceted cooperation on the principles of traditional friendship and mutual respect between Russia and Syria. At the same time, the Russian side was confirmed by invariable support of the unity , the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the SAR, as well as the willingness to provide the necessary assistance to the Syrian people in post -crisis restoration of the country, ”follows from the publication.