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Story Text: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday (December 26) that the new ruler of Syria had called relations with Russia long standing and strategic and that Moscow shared this assessment.
Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday that Russia was in contact with Syria's new administration at both a diplomatic and military level.
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