U.S. State Department: Syrian Recognition of Abkhazia, S.Ossetia ‘Ill-advised’
Syria’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia “is not a complete surprise to us, simply because Bashar al-Assad is propped-up by the Russian regime,” the U.S. State Department’s Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press briefing on May 29. Responding to the question of Rustavi 2 TV, Nauert said the Assad regime’s decision was “ill-advised,” …