The White House condemned the fact that Russia rolled out the "red carpet" to welcome Assad The White House criticized vehemently the fact that Russia held out the "red carpet" to welcome the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, who made his first official visit abroad after the outbreak of war, Wednesday in Moscow, where he had meeting with President Vladimir Putin. "We believe that this connector Assad, who has used chemical weapons against his own people, contrary to the declared objective of Russians to be a political transition in Syria," said the spokesman of the US presidency Eric Schultz told reporters on Presidential aircraft.

The White House condemned the fact that Russia rolled out the "red carpet" to welcome Assad


The White House criticized vehemently the fact that Russia held out the "red carpet" to welcome the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, who made his first official visit abroad after the outbreak of war, Wednesday in Moscow, where he had meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

"We believe that this connector Assad, who has used chemical weapons against his own people, contrary to the declared objective of Russians to be a political transition in Syria," said the spokesman of the US presidency Eric Schultz told reporters on Presidential aircraft.