Russian President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinFBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden Traces of nerve agent found in water bottle in Navalny's hotel room, colleagues say Russia: US trying to foment revolution in Belarus MORE reportedly suggested during a meeting with Bashar al-Assad last week that the Syrian president invite President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE to Damascus.

In a video of the conversation between Assad and Putin at the Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in Damascus, Assad mentions the Apostle Paul’s conversion to Christianity after a vision at the gate of Damascus, Axios reported.

“If Trump arrives along this road, everything will become normal with him too," the Syrian leader said, according to the news outlet.

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“It will be repaired … invite him. He will come,” Putin reportedly responds, with Assad responding that he is prepared to invite Trump and Putin resolving to pass the message along.

Асад о дороге в Дамаск, на которой стал христианином апостол Павел: Если Трамп по этой дороге проедет, сразу станет с ним все нормально.

Путин: Пригласите его, он приедет.

Асад: Я готов.

Путин: Я ему передам pic.twitter.com/Gkkvd0KR1J — Дмитрий Смирнов (@dimsmirnov175) January 12, 2020

The White House announced late last year that U.S. forces would leave northeastern Syria, which was shortly followed by an incursion into the region by Turkish forces before a U.S. delegation brokered a ceasefire between Turkey and Kurdish forces.

Trump has since approved a mission to secure Syrian oil fields, prompting a top advisor to Assad to warn in late December that Trump was "talking about stealing" Syrian oil.

Assad believes "our land should be totally and completely liberated from foreign occupiers, whether they are terrorists, or the Turks or the Americans," Bouthaina Shaaban told NBC News.