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at the highest deceitful level of hypocritical diplomacy.....

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock were in the Syrian capital for talks on behalf of the European Union, in the highest-level visit by major Western powers since Islamist-led forces toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month.

 

One of their first stops was Syria's notorious Sednaya prison, north of the capital. 

Accompanied by White Helmet rescuers, Barrot and Baerbock toured the cells and underground dungeons of Sednaya, an emblem of atrocities committed against Assad's opponents.

Sednaya was the site of extrajudicial executions, torture and forced disappearances. An advocacy group said more than 4,000 people were freed from the detention facility when rebel forces took Damascus on December 8.

Speaking to journalists at the French embassy in Damascus shortly after arriving in the Syrian capital from Lebanon, Barrot expressed his hopes for a "sovereign, stable and peaceful" Syria.

It was also a "hope that the aspirations of all Syrians can be realised", he added, "but it is a fragile hope".

Later Barrot called on Syria's new rulers to reach a settlement with Kurdish authorities in the northeast, who fear for the de facto autonomy their administration has enjoyed since early in the civil war.

"A political solution must be reached with France's allies, the Kurds, so that they are fully integrated into this political process that is beginning today," Barrot said after meeting civil society representatives in Damascus.

Barrot also urged Syria's new rulers to swiftly contact a chemical weaponswatchdog so they can inspect and destroy stockpiles belonging to the former authorities.

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250103-french-fm-visits-syria-with-german-counterpart-to-promote-peaceful-transition

 

It's the highest-level Western visit to Syria since the fall of the Assad regime last month: Germany's Annalena Baerbock and France's Jean-Noel Barrot have extended a cautious olive branch to the new leaders in Damascus.

https://www.dw.com/en/european-ministers-make-first-visit-to-post-assad-syria/video-71213554

 

THE STENCH OF HYPOCRISY IS SO STRONG, THAT THE VISITORS WERE WEARING SURGICAL MASKS....

 

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

 

 

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME THE WEST.

AM I DEVIOUS IN REITERATING THAT ASSAD WAS NOT THE FULL MONSTER PAINTED BY THE WEST? THAT "HIS" "CHEMICAL" ATTACKS HAD BEEN STAGED BY THE "WHITE HELMETS" WHOSE INVENTOR COMMITTED "SUICIDE" PUSHED THROUGH A WINDOW? AND THAT THE WEST IS FULL OF HYPOCRITES?...

4,000!

WOAH! ASSAD HAD 4,000 PEOPLE IN HIS NASTY PRISON! THE USA HAVE OVER 2 MILLION IN THEIR LOVELY JAILS...

I THOUGHT I WOULD POINT THIS OUT...

IMAGINE OF ALL OF THEM AMERICAN DETAINEES WERE RELEASED!!!!!

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

 

 

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME HYPOCRACY.

 

military bases....

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has criticized German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock for her demand that Russia withdraw its military bases from Syria.

Zakharova, speaking on her Telegram channel on Friday, has urged Baerbock to instead address the presence of US military bases in Germany.

“This is being said by the foreign minister of a country that hosts US military bases. I have a question: when will the German foreign minister say something similar to Washington?” Zakharova wrote in response to Baerbock’s statement.

Baerbock’s remarks followed her visit to Damascus on Friday, where she and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot became the first EU ministers to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad was overthrown.

Baerbock’s visit was aimed at preventing the country from coming under Russian and Chinese influence, the German publication Tagesschau wrote on Friday.

The situation in Syria shifted dramatically in November when militant groups, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadists, launched a sudden offensive against government forces. The attack led to the rapid collapse of Assad’s government, forcing him to flee to Moscow.

Russia had been a supporter of Assad’s government, helping Syria to fight terrorism since 2015. In 2017, Moscow and Damascus signed a deal for a 49-year lease by the Russian military of the Tartus naval base and the Khmeimim airbase in the east of the country.

Late in December, the head of HTS and the country’s de facto leader Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, best known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, said Damascus had “strategic interests” in maintaining good ties with Russia, describing it as the “second most powerful country in the world.”

“We don’t want Russia to exit Syria in a way that would not be befitting for its long-standing relations with the nation,”al-Julani said.

Russia’s UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia echoed this sentiment on Friday, stating that Syria’s new de facto authorities have shown an interest in preserving ties with Moscow and its military presence in the region.

During his end-of-year press conference in December, Russian President Vladimir Putin the issue of maintaining a Russian military presence in Syria requires “careful consideration.” “We must reflect on how our relations will evolve with the political forces currently in control and those that will govern this country in the future,”Putin said.

https://www.rt.com/news/610433-zakharova-reacts-to-baerbock-call-remove-syria-bases/

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

 

 

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME THE USA.

 

islamic handshake...

The refusal of Syria’s de facto leader to shake hands with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was expected, the top German diplomat has admitted.

Baerbock and her French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, made a surprise visit to Syria on Friday, meeting the country’s de facto leader, the head of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadist group, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, best known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani.

The meeting started off with an awkward scene when al-Sharaa offered a handshake to Barrot but explicitly avoided shaking hands with Baerbock, placing his right hand on his heart instead. The new Syrian leader is known for refusing to shake hands with women due to his hardline Islamist views. The French foreign minister almost managed to dodge al-Sharaa’s hand, while Baerbock appeared to initially reach for the new Syrian leader, clapping her hands in the air instead.

“As I traveled here, it was clear to me that there would obviously be no ordinary handshakes,” Baerbock told German media late Friday.

But it was also clear… that not only I, but also the French foreign minister, did not share this view. And accordingly, the French foreign minister did not extend his hands,” she said.

During the meeting with al-Sharaa, the two ministers raised the issue of women’s rights in the country, receiving acknowledgement “from the new Syrian authorities that there will be broad participation – particularly by women – in the political transition,” Barrot said in a post on X.

Militant groups spearheaded by HTS jihadists launched a surprise offensive against the government of now-former President Bashar Assad in November last year. The attack resulted in the collapse of the Syrian military in a matter of days and the downfall of Assad’s government.

https://www.rt.com/news/610440-baerbock-syria-handshake-affair/

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

 

 

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME BAERBOCK.