Russia continues to use USA’s mishaps in the Middle East to activate its own role in this unstable region of the world. Moscow officials say that Mideastern problems cannot be solved without the participation of the countries which the US administration labeled as the axis of evil - Iran or Syria, for instance. As long as the Russian leadership is ready to cooperate with the countries that still raise serious concerns with the West, Moscow has no competitors in such initiatives.
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Syria’s President Bashar Assad visited Moscow yesterday. The president of Syria fell into disgrace for the civilized countries after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Syria’s neighbour Lebanon on February 14, 2005. Western countries accused Syrian special services of Hariri’s murder, although Moscow found such accusations ungrounded. That is why Vladimir Putin agreed to meet Bashar Assad in the Kremlin. That was obviously a gesture of support which Russia showed to Syria. “Syria have always played an important role in the region and will always do,” Putin said yesterday.
Will Russia manage to help the persecuted Syrian President? Yesterday's talks in the Kremlin showed that it is not going to be an easy nut to crack. The military state of affairs in the region (based on the long-standing standoff with Iran on the one hand and Israel on the other hand) acts like a stumbling block in the talks. “The situation develops from one conflict to another,” Putin stated at the meeting with Bashar Assad.
The US administration is another factor that complicates Russia’s intention to develop cooperation with Syria. One has to acknowledge that the USA plays the main role in the Middle East. US officials may send contradictory signals to Syria promising either an improvement in mutual ties or rejecting any possibilities for it. Dems John Kerry and Christopher Dodd are currently visiting the capital of Syria, Damascus. President Assad may have an official meeting with the two senators right after his return to Syria from Moscow. Another democratic senator, Bill Nelson, met the president of Syria in the beginning of December. Russian diplomats believe that the US administration harbors certain plans about Syria keeping them a secret from everyone else, especially from Russia.
It is worthy of note that President Bashar Assad can be unpredictable in his decisions. Many politicians from the Middle East say that Assad as the national leader is much weaker than his predecessor and father, Hafez Assad (passed away in 2000).
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