DAMASCUS —
Moscow ally Syria on Wednesday recognized the
independence of eastern Ukraine’s two separatist republics, making it the first
state other than Russia to do so.
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The breakaway states of
Donetsk and Lugansk, whose
independence Moscow recognized in February, are situated in the Donbas region
at the center of Russia’s invasion and have escaped Kyiv’s control since 2014.
“The Syrian Arab
Republic has decided to recognize the independence and sovereignty of both the
Lugansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic,” a source at
Syria’s foreign ministry told the official SANA news agency.
“We will communicate with both countries to agree on
frameworks for strengthening relations, including establishing diplomatic
relations in accordance with established rules,” the source said.
Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad
met with a Russian delegation and representatives of the Donetsk republic.
During the meeting he said Damascus was ready to
start political relations with Donetsk.
This is not the first time that the Syrian
government, which since 2015 has been heavily backed by Russia in its own civil
war, has supported Moscow’s recognition of breakaway states.
In 2018,
Syria recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia
as independent from the former Soviet state of Georgia, prompting Tbilisi to
cut diplomatic ties.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia are internationally recognized
as part of Georgia, which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991,
but Russia and a handful of other countries recognize their independence.
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