Syrian settlement: the European view

In the aftermath of the July 2018’s summit in Helsinki between the Russian and American presidents Moscow proceeded to intensify its contacts with Washington and Brussels with the view to find solutions to the most urgent problems of the post-war normalization in Syria. Among them the issue of Syr...

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Main Author: Shumilin Alexander
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2018-08-01
Series:Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
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usa
Online Access:http://vestnikieran.instituteofeurope.ru/images/%D1%88%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_4_2018.pdf
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Summary:In the aftermath of the July 2018’s summit in Helsinki between the Russian and American presidents Moscow proceeded to intensify its contacts with Washington and Brussels with the view to find solutions to the most urgent problems of the post-war normalization in Syria. Among them the issue of Syrian refugees is likely the most urgent. It cannot be settled without the reconstruction of the minimum of the vital infrastructure destroyed by the warfare. It might be feasible only with the international consent to reckon the humanitarian issues as priority over the political evaluation of the situation in Syria. The Syrian refugees return home became one of the hot topics discussed by Vladimir Putin and Angele Merkel during the recent visit of the Russian president in Germany on August 18, 2018
ISSN:2618-7914