German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on January 3 that Russia should “abandon its bases” in Syria. Reacting to these comments, the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, suggested that he “say something similar to Washington”.
“Isn’t it time, from the point of view of the German Foreign Minister, to say something similar to Washington?”, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on her Telegram channel on January 3 foreigners, Maria Zakharova, who recalled that American bases were installed on German soil.
With these words, the Russian diplomat was reacting to those of the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, who in a press release published the same day on the website of her ministry, declared that “it is […] time for Russia to abandon its military bases in Syria.
“The Syrian people will not forget the massive bombings and human rights violations,” added the resigning environmentalist minister, pointing the finger at Russian President Vladimir Putin, who according to her “concealed and supported the crimes of the regime “.
On social networks, Baerbock also commented on this trip alongside his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot, arguing “the legitimate hope that the future will be better” with the coming to power of the Islamists of Hayat Tahrir al-Cham ( HTC). A group whose leader, Ahmed al-Chareh, de facto new leader of Syria, also refused to shake the hand of the German minister.
Washington intends to maintain its presence in Syria
“Syria is a sovereign country that has the right to conclude and terminate agreements with foreign partners,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared on December 29, adding that Moscow had so far not received from Damascus no request to revise the agreements concerning the Russian bases.
On the side of the United States, the American national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, “advised” on December 18 to Donald Trump’s team to maintain forces in Syria in order to combat the threat of the Islamic State (IS). ), because since the fall of the Assad government, the movement “began looking for every opportunity to rebuild, grow, spread and create a platform from which it could threaten the United States and Americans from all over the world. Present east of the Euphrates to support the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the United States illegally established a presence in Syria in the mid-2010s.
Two days earlier, on December 16, the new head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, reported to journalists that several foreign ministers from EU member states had declared that Syria must “get rid of” Russian influence.
At the end of November, Syrian jihadists led by HTC launched a major offensive across the country, seizing several major cities including the capital Damascus and causing the fall of Bashar al-Assad who was granted asylum in Russia . On December 8, HTC, a former branch of Al-Qaeda, which remains classified as “terrorist” by several chancelleries, announced the formation of a transitional government. Bashar al-Assad, who has ruled the country since 2000, has gone into exile in Russia.
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