Assad left Syria and resigned as president, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed. What did they say about Russian bases?: Politics: World: Lenta.ru

Bashar al-Assad resigned as president and left Syria. This confirmed Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Assad’s current location was not disclosed there.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicatedthat Assad “decided to leave the presidential post” after negotiations with “a number of participants in the armed conflict” in the country, and also “gave instructions to carry out the transfer of power peacefully.”

The Foreign Ministry emphasized that Russia did not participate in these negotiations.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced contacts with the Syrian opposition

Diplomatic office statedwhich is in contact with all groups of the Syrian opposition, while calling on all parties to renounce the use of violence and resolve all issues of governance through political means.

“We support efforts to establish an inclusive political process based on the unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolution 2254. We expect that these approaches will be taken into account UN and all interested players, including in the context of the implementation of the initiative of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Syria, Geir Pedersen, to urgently organize inter-Syrian inclusive negotiations in Geneva,” the Foreign Ministry said in its statement on the situation in the Arab country.

The Foreign Ministry announced increased readiness at Russian military bases

The ministry indicated that “all necessary measures are being taken to ensure the safety” of Russians in Syria.

In turn, Russian military bases in the country are on high alert, but at the moment there is no serious threat to their security.

Previously, Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Ghazi al-Jalali explainedthat the issue of Russia’s military presence will be resolved by the new government. “This issue is not within my competence, it will be decided in the coming period by the new authorities,” he answered the question.

Assad tried to fly to different countries; it was reported about a possible disaster with his plane

Previously reportedthat Assad allegedly received a refusal to receive him, including from Russia and “several other countries,” and after that he could head to Africa.

Anas al-Abda, a member of the political committee of the National Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces (NCORF), noted that his return is in the interests of the Syrian people, “who want to be tried by the Syrian court.”

A number of sources claimedthat with a very high probability the plane with Bashar al-Assad could crash. According to them, the reason why the plane with Assad disappeared from radars. “It’s possible the transponder was turned off, but I think there’s a good chance the plane was shot down,” one of the people said.

However, the Flightradar service explainedthat some information about the Syrian Air Il-76 plane, on board of which Assad was allegedly on board, may have been incorrect. “The plane was old, with an old-generation transponder, so some data could be incorrect or missing,” the service explained. In addition, the aircraft was located in a GPS jamming zone, which could also affect the reliability of the data.