Can you point to exactly where Putin said this in the source? I did a search from top to bottom and there’s no reference to it.
See post #56.
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DETAILS: Russia sells weapons to #Syria, we have strong economic ties. Syria is our strategic partner - Putin http://on.rt.com/0yh5ju
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BREAKING: Russia will help #Syria in case of foreign military assault - Putin http://on.rt.com/0yh5ju #G20
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Russia “will help Syria” in the event of a military strike, Putin stressed as he responded to a reporter’s question at the summit.
“Will we help Syria? We will. And we are already helping, we send arms, we cooperate in the economics sphere, we hope to expand our cooperation in the humanitarian sphere, which includes sending humanitarian aid to support those people – the civilians – who have found themselves in a very dire situation in this country,” Putin said.