TEHRAN, (ST) _ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday expressed hope that the “plots” against Syria will come to an end “soon” and peace and security will be restored in the country.
During his meeting on Tuesday with the Syrian Prime minister Dr. Wael al-Halqi, the Iranian President added that with no doubt, the Syrian people will come out of the current hard situation, noting that the best solution to the Syrian crisis is to stop conflicts and to hold free elections.
Urging comprehensive ties with Syria, the Iranian president said that “The relations between two countries in different areas are for the advantage of both nations and peoples .”
Iran and Syria should use their economic potentials for the benefit of their people, President Ahmadinejad underscored.
The Prime Minister pointed to the difficulties faced by the Syrian economy especially the sectors of oil , gas, electric power and economic and service installations and the inflected damages resulted from attacks by armed terrorist groups.
Issues and topics of bilateral cooperation that were discussed by delegations of the two countries were reviewed , particularly economic and financial cooperation, securing gas , fuel, oil and oil derivatives, and support of electric power system as well as other areas of bilateral cooperation.
To this end , the Iranian President called for taking all measures to secure the basic needs of the Syrian people so as to ensure elements of their steadfastness in the face of the hatched conspiracy.
Al-Halqi arrived in Iran’s capital Tehran on Tuesday to exchange views with Iranian officials on matters of mutual interest as well as regional and international issues.
T. Fateh