When Putin said:
"Comrades," I nearly burst into tears. Fair.
"Motherland is waiting for you": Russia withdraws troops from Syria.
HYAME, December 11. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to the Russian air base Khmeimim in Syria, where he was greeted by Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and commander of the Russian group in the UAR, Colonel-General Sergei Surovikin.
Putin V.V. held a separate meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The two heads of state discussed the results of the fight against terrorists in this country. Putin expressed readiness to assist together with Turkey and Iran in restoring a peaceful life in Syria.
"I very much hope that together with Iran and Turkey, which will help eradicate terrorism, we will be able to establish a peaceful life, a political process (in Syria)," he said at a meeting with Assad.
"It is important to prepare the Congress of the peoples of Syria, to start the process of peaceful settlement, I will now have the opportunity to talk about this in Cairo with the President of Egypt, and later with the President of Turkey," Putin said. "This is indeed a significant result of our joint work, in fact, the threat of terrorism as a whole is still very high." The fact that we defeated one of the main groups of IGIL in Syria (the former name of the terrorist group "Islamic State" banned in Russia) is extremely important for Syria, and for Russia, and for the whole world, "he said.
Speaking about the results of the antiterrorist operation in Syria, the Russian president highly appraised them.