Lavrentiev: Special operation in Ukraine will not affect Syria’s support in fight against terrorism
The Special Envoy of the Russian President to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, stressed that the Russian special military operation in Ukraine will not affect Syria’s support in the fight against terrorism.
“There is no need to transfer forces from Syria to the area of operations in Ukraine, because we have a limited military division in Syria, which is not large in number and does not participate directly in hostilities, as it provides assistance and advisory support to the Syrian units and sometimes support is provided by the Russian Air Forces,” RIA Novosti news agency quoted Lavrentiev as saying in a press statement today.
Lavrentiev stressed that Russia will continue its support for Syria despite the special military operation in Ukraine.
Lavrentiev headed the Russian delegation to the 19th international meeting on Syria in the Astana format today, which was held in the Kazakh capital.
In their final statement, the guarantor states affirmed their firm commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence and unity, and their rejection of separatist schemes aimed at undermining Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. They also underlined the need to continue combating terrorism and lifting unilateral coercive economic measures.
Inas Abdulkareem