Russia continues to build relations with the new Syrian authorities, regardless of the agreements they have reached with the Washington administration. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, answering the question whether difficulties would arise in the dialogue between Russia and Syria after the contacts of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa with the American leader Donald Trump.
“Here, I don’t think that these are any interconnected elements. We are building our relations with the new leadership of Syria. You know that recently there was a very meaningful successful visit of Mr. al-Sharaa to Moscow and there were his negotiations with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, by the way, are very, very lengthy,” Peskov said.
The Kremlin representative also expressed hope that this “bilateral track will develop independently.”
In addition, Peskov said that Moscow has not received requests from Washington for a telephone conversation between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump after the meeting with the Security Council RF, where the situation around nuclear tests was discussed.
He noted that Moscow is still continuing to study the situation and analyze whether it is advisable for it to begin preparations for nuclear tests.
“For now, work in this regard, in accordance with the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, continues. There is no news here yet. It is clear that it is extended over time,” Peskov said.
At the same time, the Kremlin representative indicated that so far there have been no explanations from “American counterparts in this regard.” “
The Kremlin also commented on the upcoming visit to the Russian Federation by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
” In general, Kazakhstan is our strategic partner, a special partner, an ally. Therefore, frequent communication is an integral part of such comprehensive partnerships and mutually beneficial cooperation,” the Kremlin representative said, answering the question whether other friends of the Russian Federation “will be offended” by Moscow’s attention to such attention. Astana.
“This is completely normal, and is accepted normally by all our friends and colleagues,” he added.
Peskov noted that, among other things, there are trilateral gas projects that affect three countries: Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
“Supplies of natural gas. Very important. President Putin attaches great importance to this trilateral cooperation,” Peskov said, answering the question of whether Putin and Tokayev will discuss oil and gas cooperation taking into account sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil.
He also said that Moscow would be interested in learning about the content of the contacts between Tokayev and Trump.
“If the president of Kazakhstan considers it necessary to inform our president about the content of the contacts that he had in Washington, of course, this will be very interesting for the Russian side,” the Kremlin representative noted.