Ahmed al-Sharaa, the new leader of Syria, would like better relations with Moscow, Qatar said.
Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani de Qatar told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Syria’s new leader is anxious to build ties with Moscow.
In the conversations of the Russian capital on Thursday, Al Thani assured the Russian leader that the interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa was trying to build relations with Russia, after the elimination of former Bashar Al-Assad, who was a nearby ally of Moscow.
“As for Syria, a few days ago, President Al-Sharaa was in Qatar, and we talked to him about the historical and strategic relationship between Syria and Russia,” the Thani told Putin.
The conversations occur when Putin tries to retain the use of Russia of two military bases in Syria to maintain its influence in the region after Al-Assad fled the country in December when the opposition combatants led by Ahmed al-Sharaa closed the capital.
Putin said Syria’s situation, shaken by sectarian violence in recent weeks, was of great importance.
“We would like to do everything to ensure that Syria, in the first place, remains a sovereign, independently and Syriano “,”, “,” The Syrian Pueblo “.”. “
The two men also discussed the situation in Gaza, where Qatar played a key role in the negotiation of a high -fire in January between Israel and Hamas for a high three -phase fire.
Israel restarted his offensive in the entrepreneur in March, and conversations to try to restore the fire so far have not achieved a great advance.
“We arrived at an agreement with respect to Gaza a few months ago, but Israel has not adhered to the agreement,” Al Thani told.
“Qatar, in his role as a mediator, will strive to close the perspectives of differentiation in an effort to reach an agreement to end the suffering of the Palestinian people.”
Putin said to Emir: “We know that Qatar is making very serious efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Unfortunately, the initiatives presented, even by you, have not been implemented. Pacific people continues to that of Palestine, which is an absolute tragedy today. “
Interfax cited Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, saying that there was no substantive discussion of the war in Ukraine, but Putin expressed thanks for Qatar’s participation in organizing the return of children of both abolish.