Sharaa was in Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin — the first bilateral meeting between the world leaders since the Syrian president overthrew Bashar al-Assad last year in a violent insurrection.
The Syrian leader, a former Islamic terrorist who has embraced business suits and liberal democracy after taking the reins of a fractured country, played nice with Putin as he emphasized his nation’s desire to reestablish and “redefine” ties with the Eastern European power.
“We are trying to restore and redefine in a new way the nature of these relations so there is independence for Syria, sovereign Syria, and also its territorial unity and integrity and its security stability,” Sharaa told Putin during a press conference.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Syrian interim President
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