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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
EU authorities have called the withdrawal of Russian military bases a condition for dialogue with Syria
2024-12-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The withdrawal of Russian military bases from Syria is a condition for the start of dialogue between the European Union and the new Syrian authorities, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas said on December 16.

“We must set a condition for dialogue with the Syrian authorities that they must get rid of the Russian bases,” TASS quotes the diplomat as saying.
“Because Russians are icky,” she added. The problem with losing control of the edges of empire is that the former possessions rarely like their former masters, and often do their best to sabotage their prospects. In this particular case, Ms Kallas is the former prime minister of Estonia.
The head of European diplomacy reported that the EU representative had already visited Damascus to establish contacts with the new authorities. Speaking about the prospects for lifting sanctions on Syria, Kallas noted that this would become possible after Brussels sees positive steps from the country's authorities.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on December 8, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, amid an offensive by the armed opposition, decided to leave his post and left the country, giving instructions to peacefully transfer power.

Assad and his family arrived in Moscow, Russia granted them asylum. The armed Syrian opposition ordered its forces to withdraw from the captured cities so that internal security units and police could enter.

No final decisions have been made yet regarding Russian military bases in Syria, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on December 16. According to him, the Russian side is in contact with representatives of the forces that now control the situation in Syria. Everything will be determined in the course of dialogue, the official Kremlin spokesman concluded.

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