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DAMASCUS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed cooperation with Russia during an unannounced meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Russian city of Sochi, state-run news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.
Russia's military and economic support to Syria has achieved important results in various fields, such as humanitarian relief and military gains, Assad was quoted by SANA as saying.
It is Assad's second visit to Russia since the Syrian war broke out six years ago.
On Oct. 21, 2015, Assad made a declared trip to Moscow, during which he discussed with Putin the Russian military campaign against the Islamic State and other militant groups in Syria.
