President Al-Assad meets Jalili

DAMASCUS,(ST)_President Bashar Al-Assad received on Sunday Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council  Saeed Jalili and the accompanying delegation.

The talks during the meeting focused on the situation in the region in general  and in  Syria in particular after Israel’s blatant aggression on the scientific research center in Jamraya in Damascus countryside, SANA reported.

President Al-Assad underscored that this attack unmasks the reality of Israel’s role being played in cooperation with foreign enemy forces and their tools to destabilize Syria’s stability and weaken it to abandon its national principles and stances.

The president also stressed that Syria is able to confront current challenges and any attack against the Syrian people thanks to its people’s awareness and army’s strength as well as its adherence to resistance policy.

The Iranian official, for his part, expressed his trust in Syrian leadership’s wisdom in dealing with this Israeli attack that targets Syria’s Leading role in resistance.

Jalili, in addition, asserted his country’s unlimited support for the Syrian people in confronting the Zionist entity.

“Iran is keen on incessant coordination with Syria to confront foreign conspiracies that seek to destabilize the whole region,” Jalili said.

He restated that Iran highly appreciates the political plan outlined by President Bashar Al-Assad to resolve the crisis in Syria and the government’s efforts to implement it.

“Tehran is ready to help launch national dialogue as it is the only way to surpass the crisis in Syria,” the Iranian official added.

The meeting also dealt with distinguished cooperation relations between Syria and Iran plus mutual  keenness of the two countries’ leaderships on boosting cooperation in all sectors.

Basma Qaddour