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The Special Envoy of the Russian President to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, affirmed 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 directly participate in hostilities, as it provides assistance and advisory support to the units,” Novosti news agency quoted Lavrentiev as saying in a press statement today. Syrian, and sometimes support is provided by the Russian Air Force.”
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, where the guarantor countries affirmed in their closing statement their firm commitment to Syria's sovereignty, independence and unity, and their rejection of separatist plans aimed at undermining Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, stressing the need to continue combating Terrorism and lifting unilateral coercive economic measures.
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