DAMASCUS, (ST)-President Bashar Al-Assad continued on Monday to receive congratulations on Syria’s 71^st Independence Day and this time from President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and from Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan.

On behalf of the Venezuelan government and people, President Maduro expressed his heartfelt congratulations to President Al-Assad and the Syrian people on this occasion, saying that “the Syrian people won independence 71 years ago and wrote down a page of victory in the history of struggle against western colonialism forces”. He added that the new colonialist empire is seeking today to divide Syria again as colonialism did more than seven decades ago, pointing out that the brave Syrian people are struggling against the west and its brutal schemes.

DAMASCUS, (ST)- President Bashar Al-Assad on Sunday received  a cable of congratulations from UN Chief Antonio Guterres on Syria's Independence Day, expressing best wishes to the Syrian government and people.

In his cable, Guterres said  that the world is experiencing a state of insecurity, pointing out that this year he launched an appeal for establishing peace in the world, because "the values of dignity, justice, progress and prosperity we are struggling for, as a humanitarian body, depend on peace."

DAMASCUS, (ST)- President Bashar Al-Assad, the Regional Secretary of the Baath Arab Socialist Party (BASP), has stressed that the war that has been imposed on the Syrian people for more than six years should motivate the Baath Party to enhance its presence and popularity through creating new contact mechanisms that cope with the current circumstances and changes.

DAMASCUS, (ST)- President Bashar Al-Assad on Thursday received congratulations on Syria's 71^st Independence Day from President Xi Jinping of China, President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus and President Paul Biya of Cameron.

The Presidents expressed their congratulations and best  wishes to President Al-Assad and the Syrian people on Independence anniversary and hoped that Syria will restore stability soon.

President Jinping affirmed the deep-rooted solid relations between Syria and China.

On his part, President Lukashenko hailed the gains achieved by the Syrian army in the struggle against terrorism and to preserve Syria's unity. He affirmed his country's keenness to enhance cooperation with Syria in different domains and to help reconstructing the country.

DAMASCUS, (ST)-President Bashar Al-Assad  on Tuesday received a congratulation cable from President Vladimir Putin of Russia marking Syria's 71st Independence Day.

In his cable, Putin confirmed Russia’s firms and constant support for peaceful settlement of the crisis in Syria through wide national dialogue that  leads to stopping the shedding of the Syrian blood and unifies the Syrians in fight against the forces of international terrorism and extremism.