According to Reuters, Kremlin international coverage aide Yuri Ushakov mentioned on Monday that Russia was involved with Syria’s new regime at each diplomatic and army ranges.
The Russian authorities has beforehand mentioned it’s negotiating the destiny of its naval services within the port of Tartus and the Hmeimim air base in Latakia province.
Syrian rebels captured Damascus on December 8, in line with Sputnik. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad resigned and headed to Russia, the place he was granted asylum. Mohammed al-Bashir, who ran the Idlib-based authorities established by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and different insurgent teams, was appointed interim prime minister on December 10. He then introduced {that a} caretaker authorities had been fashioned and would stay in energy till March. 2025.
Ushakov additionally mentioned that leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) international locations will grant observer standing to Iran at a gathering of the Eurasian Supreme Economic Council to be held in St. Petersburg on December 26. Ta.
He additionally mentioned Russia hopes Syria’s present regime will present curiosity in becoming a member of the BRICS group of rising international locations.
Russia hopes that another international locations will quickly reply to the decision to hitch BRICS as companions, Ushakov asserted.
Currently, greater than 20 international locations are excited about becoming a member of BRICS, he mentioned, including that the group’s doorways are open to like-minded international locations.
Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Cuba, Uganda, Malaysia, and Uzbekistan will be a part of BRICS as associate international locations from January 1, 2025.
At the tip of the Eurasian Economic Union summit in St. Petersburg, leaders will signal a doc granting Iran observer standing within the union, he added.
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