Syria: Assad meets with Russian Deputy PM Borisov in Damascus

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov in Damascus Tuesday. Speaking in the name of the Russian authorities, Borisov congratulated Assad with his decisive victory at the recent presidential elections, which fully proved the political authority and people’s trust to Assad’s course towards the prompt stabilization of the situation. “A Russian delegation, comprised of members of the Federation Council, State Duma and the Civic Chamber was present in Syria in order to observe the electoral process. They highly praised the organization of the elections,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister said. Borisov noted that a new Syrian…