President Bashar Al-Assad received on Monday a telephone call from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, dealing with the latest developments in Syria and Venezuela.
President Maduro congratulated President Assad and Syrian people on the important achievements in their war against terrorist organizations which are backed by counties hostile to Syria.
President Maduro added that these achievements came as a fruit for the exceptional struggle by the Syrians and their support to their leadership against this war, according to SANA,
The Venezuelan President affirmed his country’s firm support to Syria, hoping peace and stability would be restored to Syria as soon as possible.
President Assad, on his part, appreciated Venezuela’s stances and President Maduro’s for supporting Syria, stressing that what is going on in the two countries of foreign attempts to weaken them, through striking stability and spreading chaos in both countries, are a price for their commitment to their sovereignty and independent decision and rejection of the west’s dictates and their tools at the expense of the peoples’ interests in the two countries.
President Al-Assad’s Interview with TeleSUR TV, September 26, 2013