“A lot has been done over the past year. Military police officers successfully operated in the Golan Heights, in Palmyra, Aleppo ... Russian Air Force pilots conduct reconnaissance and provide air support to the actions of the Syrian army. Joint actions allow eliminating the most dangerous leaders, ”the press service of the Syrian president quotes the appeal.

Earlier it was reported that Putin arrived on a visit to Damascus and met with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad. In addition, the Russian leader visited the command post of the grouping of the Armed Forces of Russia in the UAR.

Putin later went to Turkey, where on Wednesday, January 8, he will take part in the commissioning of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and will also hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.