DAMASCUS,(ST)- “Syria has a strong will to boost friendship ties and to develop cooperation with Iran in all fields .Foremost, confronting the hegemony and aggression schemes and assault on the national sovereignty in our region, “the cable sent by President Bashar Al-Assad to his Iranian counterpart reads.
President Bashar Al-Assad cabled Dr.Hasan Rouhani on Sunday congratulating him on his victory in Iran’s presidential election after aptly earning the big trust of the friendly people of Iran.
It is worth noting that Iran’s Interior Minister Mostaffa Mohammad Najjar announced Saturday that from a total number of 36,704,156 ballots cast in Iran’s 11th presidential election on Friday June 14,Rouhani won 18,613,329 votes while his main rival Mohammad Qalibaf could secure only 6,077,292 votes.
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