President al-Assad meets Iranian Shoura Council delegation

President Bashar al-Assad said parliaments must unify stands to defend peoples who they represent, adding that what is going on in the region requires unifying efforts to confront peoples’ enemies.

The President’ remark was made on Monday during a meeting with the Iranian Shoura Council delegation headed by Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman Foreign Policy Committee and National Security of Islamic Consultative Assembly.

According to SANA, the talks were constructive and the Iranian delegation presented several parliamentary ideas to serve the region’s states.

President al-Assad underscored the Syrian government’s readiness to cooperate with Iran in all domains to boost brotherly relations between region’s peoples.

Iran’s support for Syria to continue

Following the meeting, a news conference was held at the Iranian Embassy in Damascus to summarize results of the three-day visit paid by the Iranian delegation to Syria.

Boroujerdi described the meetings held with Syrian officials as good.

“Iran will continue supporting Syria till the crisis ends in it,” he said, stressing that Syria has a pivotal role in resisting the Zionist entity which fuels war in Syria.

‘Devilish conspiracy’

He talked about what he described ‘devilish policy of Israel’, saying: “The Zionist entity supports gunmen in Syria and provides them with information to destroy infrastructure and important sites, assassinate intellectuals, and loot ancient monuments.”

Boroujerdi shouldered the US and its allies responsibility for what is going on in Syria, stressing that they should be brought to trial before the international courts.

“The US works to spread terrorism,” Boroujerdi said.

On the other hand, He added that some neighboring countries are involved in killing the Syrian people. “The crisis will be ended sooner or later and only wrong practices of these states will remain in mind.”

The US policy’s failure

 “The US attempt to open a new front through the Syrian-Jordanian borders is an evidence of the failure of its policy over the past two years,” Boroujerdi said.

Another evidence of the US-Zionist plot’s failure, as the Iranian official sees, is the sharp decrease of participants in the so- called “Syria’s Friends Conference” from 130 to only 11.

He stressed that national dialogue among all Syrian spectra is the only way to resolve to the crisis, adding: “Iran backs the political plan outlined by president Bashar al-Assad.”

He sees that security situation in Syria is better than before.

Responding a question on Turkish government’s policy, Boroujerdi replied that it is unacceptable, calling on the Turkish government to reconsider its policy.

Syrian Arab Army is strong

Asked about rumors of the Iranian revolution guards’ participation in fighting with the Syrian Arab Army, Boroujerdi denied the rumors and said: “The Syrian Arab Army is strong and has great achievements. It doesn’t need help. We, also, have here to refer to the Syrian national defense committees formed to defend Syria.”

He stressed that Zionist enemy is the beneficiary from the events in Syria.

On Saturday night, The Iranian Parliamentary delegation led by head of the Iran-Syria Parliamentary Friendship Group, Boroujerdi, arrived in Damascus for a three-day visit.

The delegation held talks with Syrian officials and leaders of Palestinian groups. 
The talks revolved around bilateral ties and regional issues, particularly situation in Syria.

Basma Qaddour