President al-Assad makes a phone call with President Putin about the Russian military operation to protect civilians in Donbas

Damascus (ST): President Bashar al-Assad made a phone call today with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

During the call, they talked about the situation in Ukraine and the special military operation carried out by the Russian Federation to protect the civilian population in the Donbas region.

President al-Assad stressed that what is happening today is a correction of history and a restoration of balance to the world that it lost after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and that Western hysteria comes in order to keep history in the wrong place in favor of the chaos that only outlaws seek, considering that Russia today does not defend herself only, but the world and the principles of justice and humanity.

President al-Assad said: Western countries bear responsibility for chaos and bloodshed as a result of their policies aimed at controlling peoples, as these countries use their dirty methods to support terrorists in Syria and the Nazis in Ukraine and in various parts of the world.

His Excellency stressed that Syria stands with the Russian Federation, based on its conviction of the correctness of its position and because confronting NATO expansion is Russia’s right because it has become a global threat to the world and has turned into a tool to achieve the irresponsible policies of Western countries to strike stability in the world.

President al-Assad considered that the enemy facing the Syrian and Russian armies is one, in Syria it is extremism and in Ukraine it is Nazism, pointing out that the Russian Federation will give a lesson to the world that great powers are not great with their military strength only, but also with respect for the law, high morals and humanitarian principles.

President Putin stressed that the special military operation in Donbas aims to restore stability and stop the suffering of the population there, which they have been subjected to during the past eight years, noting that his country has remained dependent on negotiations and diplomacy during the past years, and the decision to use force was taken only after the Ukrainian authorities announced its non-compliance with the agreements ratified by the parliaments of the two countries, and after the Donetsk and Lugansk republics submitted a request to provide military support, stressing that the Russian soldiers are fighting with manliness and valor and will achieve all the goals set before them.

K.Q.