According to Ukrinform, he said this in an evening video address.

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“I have instructed our Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work more actively to establish all necessary contacts with the representatives of the people of Syria and correct Assad’s mistakes regarding Ukraine and all of Europe,” Zelensky said.

He also added that Ukraine would support Syria’s food security.

“This is our moral advantage: Ukraine helps many countries to ensure normal life, including through food security. We need this region, like any other region in the world, to be stable and peaceful,” the President said.

As Ukrinform reported, on December 8, the head of the National Coalition for the Syrian Revolution and opposition forces, Hadi al-Bahra, announced the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regimewho had ruled Syria for 24 years.

Assad fled the country. The media reported that Assad and his family were in Moscowwhere he was granted asylum.

On December 21, 31 Ukrainian citizens and three Syrian citizens, relatives of Ukrainian citizens, were evacuated from Syria via Lebanon thanks to a successful IUD and MAE operation.