Russian President Vladimir Putin's appeal to Europe to help with the restoration of the war-ravaged Syria aroused indignation in Germany. "Putin wants us to pay for the restoration of the cities that he bombed out," the expert on foreign policy of the Greens faction in the Bundestag Omid Nuripur. In his opinion, the Germans should not allow Moscow to "formulate conditions in Syria as the winner". Berlin should agree to finance the construction of buildings and infrastructure in Syria only if it becomes "a lever of influence on the post-war order in the UAR," Deutsche Welle quotes the politician. He was skeptical about the idea of ??voluntary return of Syrian refugees to their homeland if their homes were to be awaited by a comfortable life, and the CDU representative Jurgen Hardt. And the deputy chairman of the faction of the Free Democratic Party (SDP) in the Bundestag, Alexander Lambsdorf, bluntly stated: "It is not in Germany's interest to help Assad's regime". In his opinion, Putin calls on other countries to help Damascus, because Russia itself already has no money for it.

But if Europe agrees to participate in the reconstruction, then on the streets of the rebuilt cities, the supporters of Assad will miss the refugees and throw them in jail. Therefore, one can not even think of helping Damascus, until the regime changes there, the German politician said..

To explain such a position of Berlin may be the fact that as early as last autumn the UN Secretariat distributed "a secret directive prohibiting organizations belonging to this system to participate in any projects to restore the Syrian economy". This on Monday, August 20, said the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "It was put forward the condition that only after making progress in the so-called political transition it will be possible to deal with the restoration of Syria," RIA Novosti quotes the minister.. Vladimir Putin pointed to the need to help Syria to establish a peaceful life on Saturday, August 18, before the talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.