Syrian President Bashar Assad personally requested Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene in Syria and send the Air Force.

by Lady Michelle Jennifer Santos

30 September 2015 (TSR) – President Bashar Assad revealed that he personally requested Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene in Syria, SANA reported.

A statement issued by the office of Syrian Presidency said that after the Russian Federation Council ratified a bill allowing President Putin to deploy Russian air forces abroad, questions were directed to the Assad Administration about the formula regulating the presence of Russian air forces in Syria.

The statement asserted that “relations between states are governed by international accords, laws, and agreements signed between states for realizing their peoples’ interests and guaranteeing the safety and integrity of their lands”.

“In response to questions about the presence of Russian air forces in Syria, the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic said that the sending of Russian air forces was carried out upon a request of the Syrian state conveyed via a letter sent by President Bashar al-Assad to President Vladimir Putin”, the report said.

The statement said that based on that, the sending of Russia air forces to Syria was carried out upon the request of the Syrian state via a message sent by President al-Assad and President Putin which included an invitation to send Russian air forces within the framework of President Putin’s initiative to combat terrorism, the report added.

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