Haddad asserts Syria’s readiness to discuss mutual trade settlements with Russia in the national currencies of the two countries

MOSCOW, March.30, (ST)- Syria’s ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad stressed Syria’s readiness to discuss mutual trade settlements with Russia in the national currencies of the two countries, calling on the countries of the world to abandon dealing in US dollars.

 

In an interview with TASS News Agency, the ambassador said: “Syria was the first to call on the world to abandon the hegemony of the dollar because it is the main tool in the American hegemony over the global economic system… Since 2011, Syria has added the Russian ruble and the Chinese yuan to its foreign exchange portfolio.”

 

He clarified that Syria is cooperating with Russia to serve the interests of both sides, including the financial field, pointing out that this issue needs technical research between specialists on both sides.

  

On the other hand, Haddad said: “Syria is studying the issue of official recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics in the Donbass.”

 

He added: “Syria is cooperating with the two republics for the benefit of the two peoples and is ready to expand this cooperation if it is in the common interest. The issue of official recognition remains an issue that requires further study and coordination between the two sides.”

 

The ambassador indicated tgatv during the visit that was paid by the Russian parliamentary delegation headed by the  Russian MP Dmitry Sablin and included representatives of Donetsk Republic on the 21st of December 2021 [ Two months before the developments that recently took place], President Bashar Al-Assad presented then Syria’s readiness to recognize Donetsk Republic and there was an agreement to start building relations with it.

 

On the official mutual visits with the Russian Federation, Haddad stressed that the mutual visits between the Syrian and Russian sides did not stop.

 

He concluded by saying:  “Not a week passes without a Syrian delegation in Russia or a Russian delegation in Syria, and this is due to the high level of relations between the two countries in political, economic, military, cultural and other fields of cooperation between the two friendly countries, and it is always possible to talk about plans for mutual visits by officials of the two countries.”

 

Basma Qaddour