President al-Assad receives Zaidan, discussions center around bilateral relations between Syria and Iraq

President Bashar Al-Assad today  received Faiq Zaidan, President of the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the bilateral relations between Syria and Iraq, and the challenges facing the two countries in various fields, especially security and cooperation in combating terrorism targeting Syria and Iraq. They also discussed joint judicial and legal cooperation.

 President Al-Assad affirmed that the judiciary is the balance of any state and the basis of its justice and stability, and that the independence of the judiciary is immunity for the state and society, and therefore cooperation in this field is reflected in the security and stability of the two countries.

For his part, Dr. Zaidan considered that what the Iraqi and Syrian people have faced during the past years makes it imperative for the two countries to raise the level of cooperation to its highest levels in various fields, especially those that enhance the security and stability of the two countries, stressing the need to exchange expertise in order to deepen the experience of the two countries in the judicial field.The meeting was attended by Minister of Justice Ahmad al-Sayyed.

NR