In talks with Syria’s long-excluded and heavily sanctioned leader Bashar al-Assad, Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered to help Syria rebuild its shattered economy and counter internal turmoil by developing ties towards a “strategic partnership”. Assad’s campaign to return to the global stage will restart from Hangzhou, China, which will allow Xi to also promote […]
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Syria peace talks stall over ‘Russia’s demands’
© Murtaja Lateef/EPA Author: Lusa Syria has informed the United Nations that it will not participate in the next round of international negotiations on the country “until the demands of the Russian Federation are met,” the spokeswoman for the United Nations (UN) mediation said on Friday. The ninth round of talks on a new constitution […]