Overview
- Syria’s foreign and defense ministers met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on December 23, with SANA reporting a focus on strategic cooperation in defense industries.
- Discussions centered on modernising Syrian military equipment, transferring expertise, and advancing joint research and development to strengthen the Syrian army.
- Both sides reviewed closer political coordination in international forums and plans to expand trade, reconstruction projects, infrastructure work, and investment in Syria.
- Putin reaffirmed support for Syria’s territorial integrity and condemned repeated Israeli strikes as a threat to regional security, according to SANA.
- TASS noted the Kremlin press service had not yet confirmed the contact, while Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Sergei Lavrov would meet his Syrian counterpart during the visit.