The Syrian president voiced his concerns about the “escalation” of conflicts across the Middle East. Putin has long provided military support to Assad.
Russian TV on Thursday published a video of Syrian President Bashar Assad meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putinat the Kremlin.
The clip offered few details of their discussions.
The video released by the Kremlin showed Putin appearing to ask Assad for his opinion about the conflicts across the Middle East.
“Unfortunately, there is a tendency toward escalation, we can see that. This also applies directly to Syria,” Putin was quoted as saying.
Assad said that both countries have faced “difficult challenges” and managed to overcome them, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
“Considering all the events that are taking place in the world as a whole and in the Eurasian region today, our meeting today seems very important,” Assad told Putin via a Russian translator.
