The Ministry of Information of the Donetsk People’s Republic reported that “Syrian President Bashar al-Assad congratulated the delegation of the Donetsk People’s Republic on the liberation of most of the republic and indicated that he would instruct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of his country to begin procedures for the official recognition of the two republics of Lugansk and Donetsk.”

The ministry said in a statement that “Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad assured the delegation that his ministry would immediately follow the instructions of the President of the State.”

On Tuesday, the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that “as part of the official visit of the delegation of the republic to Damascus, a meeting of delegates from Donetsk with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad took place today … similarities in the fate of my people. “Donbass and Syria”, and condemned the policy of the United States and Western countries, which supply Ukraine with heavy weapons and become accomplices in crimes in the Donbass. Mikdad also expressed readiness for cooperation between the two countries and the comprehensive development of relations with Donbass.