Vladimir Putin with Francois Hollande. © RIA Novosti. Алексей Никольский
President Putin Says Russia's Goal Is Peace In Syria -- RIA Novosti
Moscow supports neither Syrian President Bashar Assad nor his opponents but is striving for peace in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with his French counterpart Francois Hollande.
“We are neither for Assad nor for his opponents. We would like to achieve a situation when violence would be stopped and a large-scale civil war prevented. That is our political goal in Syria,” Putin told journalists on Friday.
The Russian president added that Russia would accept “everything that is acceptable for the Syrian people.”
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Update: Putin warns of worsening Syria conflict -- AFP
My Comment: Syria is already experiencing a civil war in the countryside .... with it only being a matter of time before it engulfs Damascus itself.
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