Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🎙 Speech by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the summit of the guarantor states of the #AstanaProcess
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🔹 Owing to the assistance and support of our countries, the level of violence in #Syria has decreased significantly; peaceful life is returning and the country is gradually rebuilding its economy and social sphere.
🔹 Our task for the near future is to agree on specific steps to promote the intra-Syrian inclusive political dialogue, that is, to implement our agreement on creating conditions that will allow the Syrians to determine their future themselves, without outside interference.
🔹 The Western states led by the US are strongly encouraging separatist sentiment in some areas of the country and plundering its natural resources with a view to ultimately pulling the Syrian state apart.
☝️ So, it would be best to take extra steps in our trilateral format aimed at stabilising the situation in those areas and at returning control to the legitimate government of Syria.
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🔹 Owing to the assistance and support of our countries, the level of violence in #Syria has decreased significantly; peaceful life is returning and the country is gradually rebuilding its economy and social sphere.
🔹 Our task for the near future is to agree on specific steps to promote the intra-Syrian inclusive political dialogue, that is, to implement our agreement on creating conditions that will allow the Syrians to determine their future themselves, without outside interference.
🔹 The Western states led by the US are strongly encouraging separatist sentiment in some areas of the country and plundering its natural resources with a view to ultimately pulling the Syrian state apart.
☝️ So, it would be best to take extra steps in our trilateral format aimed at stabilising the situation in those areas and at returning control to the legitimate government of Syria.