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Putin says has not met Assad in Moscow but plans to

Putin says fall of Assad not a 'defeat' for Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he has not met the toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad since he fled to Moscow but plans a meeting.

“I haven’t yet seen president Assad since his arrival in Moscow but I plan to, I will definitely speak with him,” Putin told a US journalist at his annual press conference.

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