MESOP : IN CONTRARY TO BULGARIA COMRADE TSIPRAS AGREED RUSSIAN PLANES TO FLY VIA GREECE MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO ASSAD

Russia confirms providing military aid to Syria – Published September 9th, 2015 – Russia said Wednesday its military advisers to the regime are part of a longstanding agreement to provide military support. (AFP/Sergei Karpukhin) New York Times – Washington

Russia confirmed Wednesday it has military advisers in Syria after Russian troops were recently seen in locations throughout the war-ravaged country. The United States has accused Russia of escalating the Syrian conflict. Russia said their military presence in Syria is part of a longstanding agreement to provide military aid.”Russian military specialists help Syrians master Russian hardware, and we can’t understand the anti-Russian hysteria about this,” Maria V. Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, told The New York Times.

Zakharova added that Russia was never secretive about its cooperation with Syria on military technology and that Russia has always done so “in accordance with existing contracts and in full accordance with international law.””We have been supplying Syria with arms and military equipment for a long time,” she said. “If we need to take further measures to intensify counterterrorism efforts, these issues will no doubt be examined further, but solely on the basis of international law and the Russian legislation.”Media outlets have shown Russian soldiers in locations throughout Syria recently, escalating tensions between Washington and Moscow. Bulgaria said Wednesday that it may allow Russian flights through their airspace only if the Russian planes could be inspected at a Bulgarian airfield. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/russia-confirms-provision-military-aid-syria