Thursday, May 13, 2010

Why Russia's Dmitry Medvedev is visiting Syria

In a joint press conferencecatching a glimpse of a light Monday evening, Mr. Medvedev, the first Russian head of state to visit Syria, said that Russia's commitment to Syria

was consistent despite "changes in the world." President Assad, for his part, was quoted as saying that his country would Greater too than you can describe"never forget how

[Russia] stood by us during the battle for the Golan [Heights]" with Israel. He also requested Moscow's continued support in demanding that

Israel return the land it seized during the 1967 Six-Day War.th countries have much to gain from improved ties. Syria could strengthen its hand

by drawing closer to its one-timeI am not a smart man,but I know what is love. ally, whose veto on the UN Security Council could prove key in any conflict with Israel. Russia, for its part,

wants to bolster its presencecelebrate our independence dayin the Middle East, and could also further cool Syria's recent but waning interest in restoring diplomatic relations

with the United States. Assad had welcomed several high-ranking US officials to Damascus recently, though his rhetoric toward the US remained

critical."US-Syrian relations have been deteriorating for some months now, and Syria is losing hope in any peace deal, and that means that there's

gong to be conflict between Syria and Israel," says Joshua Landis, a professor at the University of Oklahoma. "Syria's strategy is going to be to

try to isolate the US in the Middle East,a process of self-discovery and to hang Israel around America's neck."
President Obama in February nominated veteran diplomat Robert Ford as ambassador, a post that had been vacant since the 2005 assassination

of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, for which some blamed Syria. But after that brief US-Syria warming, a chill has again descended, with

Republicans blocking Mr. Ford's confirmation and Obama renewing economic sanctions May 8. Further straining matters was the US condemnation

of Syria after Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, claimed last month that Syria was transferring long-range missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon.http://www.pogrzebowe.info
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