Syria’s new chief Ahmed al-Sharaa requested that Russia hand over former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his shut aides throughout discussions with Russian Deputy International Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, in line with sources near the talks.
Russia mentioned on Wednesday it had held “frank” discussions with Syria’s new de facto chief because it tries to retain its two navy bases within the nation, but it surely declined to touch upon what he was demanding in return.
A Syrian supply conversant in the discussions instructed Reuters that the brand new chief, al-Sharaa, had requested that Moscow hand over al-Assad, who fled to Russia when he was toppled by Sharaa’s rebels in December.
Syrian information company Sana reported that Damascus additionally wished Russia, which backed Assad within the nation’s conflict, to rebuild belief by “concrete measures reminiscent of compensation, reconstruction and restoration”.
Russia, whose troops and air pressure backed Assad for years towards Syrian rebels, is looking for to retain its naval base in Tartous and Hmeimim air base close to the port metropolis of Latakia. Dropping them would deal a severe blow to its skill to undertaking energy within the area.
The brand new Syrian administration introduced after Tuesday’s talks with a Russian delegation headed by Deputy International Minister Mikhail Bogdanov that it had “burdened that restoring relations should deal with previous errors, respect the need of the Syrian folks and serve their pursuits”.
However the Syrian supply instructed Reuters that the Russians had not been prepared to concede such errors and the one settlement that was reached was to proceed discussions.
Russia’s International Ministry mentioned there had been a “frank dialogue of all the vary of points”. It added the 2 sides would pursue additional contacts with a view to search “related agreements”, with out referring particularly to the 2 bases.
