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DAMASCUS, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Russia's city of Sochi on Thursday at the opening of the Sochi Summit, the Syrian presidential media office said.
According to the report, Putin has congratulated Assad on the "big achievements" made by the Syrian army in the war against terrorism, noting that the military successes have created suitable conditions for the resumption of the political process.
For his side, Assad said that many positive changes have taken place as the terrorists arena in Syria has become much smaller and hundreds of thousands of Syrians have returned to their homes and millions of others are on their way back. Enditem
