Syria Congratulates Venezuela on Successful Election of the Constituent Assembly

DAMASCUS – Syria congratulated the Republic of Venezuela on the successful election of the Constituent Assembly, stressing the importance of respecting the sovereignty and independence of Venezuela, SANA reported.

An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed in a statement to SANA on Monday Syria’s congratulations to the leadership, government and people of the friendly Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the success of the election of the Constituent Assembly, “which have proved the Venezuelan people’s adherence to the sovereignty and the independent national decision of their country and their insistence on exerting all efforts to get out of the current crisis.”

 The source affirmed Syria’s full solidarity with Venezuela and the importance of respecting its sovereignty and independence.

 “Syria condemns all foreign attempts aimed at meddling in [Venezuela’s] affairs and disrupting its stability,” the source added.

The president of the National Electoral Council in Venezuela Tibisay Lucena has announced that turnout in Venezuela’s historic National Constituent Assembly was over 41 percent, indicating that over 8 million people voted in the elections.

 President Nicolas Maduro spoke to a large crowd in Caracas and thanked their support to reach peace in the country. Maduro said it was one of the highest voter turnouts of the Bolivarian Revolution with 8,089, 320 voting for their representative.

“The people of Venezuela have given a lesson on democracy,” President Maduro said, according to Telesur.