Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Tehran, SANA-Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, discussed on Tuesday with Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Rear Admiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian Bilateral relations and the latest developments on the regional and international arenas.
Mikdad thanked the Islamic Republic of Iran for the support it has providedto Syria in its war on terrorism over the past years, stressing that the axisof Resistance has stood firm and defeated terrorism, describing bilateral relations as very strong which were consolidated by the latest visit of the Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi to Syria.
Admiral Ahmadian, for his part, thanked Syria for its support to the Iranian Islamic Revolution, describing relations as deep and historical. He also reiterated Iran’s standing by Syria its war against terrorism and in the face of conspiracies and plots being hatched by the west and Zionism.
Ahmadian added that Syria is subjected to an economic war and it will win in thiswar as it did in the political and military war. He condemned the coercive measures imposed by the United States of America and its allies against Syria and Iran in a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and UN charter.
In the same context, Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor to the Leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, during a similar meeting with Mikdad, renewed Iran’s firm support for Syria.
“Syria has won the war against terrorism,” Velayati said, calling for enhancing coordination and consultation between Iran and Syria in various fields.
In turn, Minister Mikdad appreciated Iran’s support for Syria and the Resistance axis.
Mikdad said that Syria is strong by its leadership, army, its people and the friendly countries that stood by it, especially the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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