Abdullahian Reiterates Iran’s Firm Support to Syrian People, Government

 TEHRAN, (ST) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hosein Amir Abdullahian has held the U.S. and Western countries responsible for killing the Syrian people, destroying their institutions and destabilizing the entire region, because of their open and full support to terrorists in Syria.

During his meeting on Tuesday with the Syrian Ambassador to Iran Adnan Mahmoud, Abdullahian underlined Iran’s firm support to the Syrian people and government in the face of Western and American schemes.

He confirmed that “the sole way to end the ongoing crisis in Syria is national dialogue between the government and the opposition parties which believe in dialogue and peaceful solution and which abandon terrorism and reject foreign intervention in Syria.”

 “Twenty months after the war on Syria, it has been proved to all that the Syrian people are still adherent to their national options under the leadership of President Bashar Al-Assad to build future Syria and maintain the country’s national unity and sovereignty,” Abdullahian said, pointing out that Syria’s enemies won’t achieve their goals as they have adopted the wrong path.

 For his part, Ambassador Mahmoud said the development of bilateral ties, particularly in economy and trade, and investing all available potentials to overcome the economic war and the unjust sanctions imposed on both countries, tops the priorities of the governments of Syria and Iran.

Mahmoud, who highly appreciated Iran’s supportive stances toward Syria, referred to the tangible results of the Iranian government’s decision to allow the access of Syrian goods into the Iranian markets.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Masoud Jaza’eri affirmed that America, the Zionist entity and Arab reactionaries will pay for the blood being shed in Syria.   

In a statement, published by the Iranian news Agency (IRNA), Jaza’eri said that Western countries and the reactionary regimes in the region are trying to distort and exaggerate the reality of events in Syria.

“Life in many areas is normal. The people and the government are working together to surpass this critical era despite the terrorist acts perpetrated by Syria’s enemies,” Jaz’eri said.

He added that forming armed terrorist groups in Syria comes within the framework of psychological war scenarios, stressing that the enemies’ attempts to undermine the axis of resistance under the name of Islam, are destined to failure.

H. Moustafa