Alwaght- Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian has met the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the second day of his visit to Damascus.
The top Iranian diplomat reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s support to the Syrian government, the foreign ministry posted on X.
“In the meeting that was held on Thursday morning, the top Iranian diplomat conveyed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s greetings to Assad and extended Raisi’s invitation to the Syrian president to visit Tehran,” the post read.
The two sides discussed a set of matters, including agreements signed during Iran president’s visit to the Arab country.
“The Syrian government, people and army emerged victorious in a global war launched against them by terrorists, and now Syria is in its best conditions ever, and we are pleased to see the region and the world have come to realize Syria’s realities and power, though Syria’s enemies seek to pursue their own political objectives vis-à-vis Syria by resorting to sanctions and economic pressures against the Syrian government and people. As the Islamic Republic of Iran stayed with Syria during tough days, it will remain by Syria and its people under the new circumstances as well,” the Iranian FM maintained.
At the beginning of the meeting, President Assad congratulated the Iranian government and nation on the country’s joining BRICS, adding the development shows the world is changing and “what you and we stood up for was right.”
The Syrian President said the United States’ strategy in the region to secure its own interests is to create and fuel tensions and crises among regional countries and nations, be it Shiite or Sunni or Arab or Iranian.
He appreciated Iran’s initiative to boost ties with Arab countries in the region and described it as a super-strategic move.
As part of his visit, Amir-Abdollahian met other Syrian officials, including the Prime Minister Hussein Arnous and FM Faisal Mekdad with whom he talked a range of issues from economy and trade to security in Syria and the region.
