Alwaght- Senior adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Akbar Velayati, stressed the will of Syrian People in determining the country’s future and said Iran’s redline is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s remaining in power until his term in office is over.
Ali Akbar Velayati during his visit to Damascus, in an interview with the Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel on Sunday said: ”Since the Syrian nation chose Bashar al-Assad as president two years ago, he will remain in the post until the Syrian people change him.”
“The legitimate Syrian government must seek to find a solution [to the country’s conflict] through political negotiations. Friends and enemies of Syria know that no foreign option can be imposed on the Syrian nation,” Velayati stated.
Receiving Velayati, and the accompanying delegation on Saturday, President al- Assad pointed out that the firm Iranian stance in support of the Syrian people’s resilience is highly appreciated.
Al-Assad said that Iran’s stances during the war Syria is facing consolidate the standing close relations between the two countries for more than three decades.
Also Describing Iran’s effort in fighting against Terrorism in the region, Velayati said: “Iran will use all of its capacities to counter the terrorists regardless of farcical division of the terrorists into moderate and extremist,”
On Saturday, Velayati also held a separate meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi during which he said the axis of resistance will achieve victory in the campaign against terrorism.
Halqi praised Iran’s help in seeking to settle the Syrian crisis.
During a separate meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Velayati said that the two countries will expand cooperation in various spheres.
Muallem said that in addition to military cooperation, efforts should be made in political and economic spheres.
