After recognizing the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Syria is considering the issue of opening its embassies in them, Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Riyad Hadad said in an interview with TASS.

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The diplomat noted that Damascus is ready to work to build and strengthen relations with DPR and LPR based on mutual respect and common interests.

"The issue of taking concrete steps to open embassies and exchange diplomatic representatives is being studied," he said.

The ambassador reminded that Syrian President Bashar Assad expressed his willingness to recognize the DPR at the end of last year, when a Russian parliamentary delegation, including a representative of the DPR, arrived in Damascus.

"The decision to build relations with the DPR was made in view of the fact that the Ukrainian crisis is a problem created by Western countries, led by the United States, who want to divide peoples and undermine Russia's national security. The opposition to the West's policy is from a common interest for all peoples who confront hegemony and fight it by all possible means," Haddad noted.

Syria recognized the DPR and LPR created on Ukrainian territory in 2014, on June 29.

Syria recognized the independence of the LPR and the DPR

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