Iranian president: We hope ..this summer ...defeat for the region's enemies
President al-Assad Meets Ahmadinejad, Holds Joint Press Conference
Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 10:50 PM
DAMASCUS, (SANA - Syrian news agency) President Bashar al-Assad and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran held a binary meeting followed by a plenary one. The Plenary meeting was attended by members of the Syrian and Iranian official delegations.
Following the meeting Presidents al-Assad and Ahmadinejad held a press conference.
" I would seize the opportunity to congratulate President Bashar al-Assad on the occasion of his inauguration and taking the constitutional oath as President of the Syrian Arab Republic for a second term of office." Ahmedinejad said in a joint press conference with President al-Assad.
The Iranian President called on enemies of the region who try to trouble it to abandon their hostile schemes.
" The enemies of the region should abandon plans to attack the interests of this region, or they would be burned by the wrath of the region's peoples, " he said
He went on to say: " We hope that the hot weather of this summer would coincide with similar victories for the region's peoples, and with consequent defeat for the region's enemies,"
Ahmadinejad depicted the Syrian-Iranian relations as "cordial, excellent and extremely deep," adding that "the two countries share common stands on regional issues and face common challenges."
President al-Assad welcomed his Iranian counterpart and the accompanying delegation and said: " this visit comes in the framework of the continuous coordination between Syria and Iran indeed, and we see that ties between the two countries are developing more and more,"
He added: " what makes this visit more distinguished than the previous ones between me and President Ahmadinejad or between us as officials at the two countries is the quick and urgent changing of circumstances surrounding us even between this meeting and the previous meeting last February in Tehran,"
President al-Assad added "what distinguishes this visit and the atmospheres today is the big satisfaction due to the wide range vision of the Syrian-Iranian policy which proved its correctness more than before, saying that" atmosphere of comfort, optimism and confidence prevailed all axis of the talks,"
President al-Assad pointed out that talks with his Iranian counterpart covered Iraq's situation, latest developments on the Palestinian arena, means of re-holding dialogue among the different Palestinian factions." Discussions also covered Lebanon and the way of keeping Lebanon's stability in addition to Syrian -Iranian consultations with the active countries in the region regarding these issues." President al-Assad added.
" We shortly spoke on the bilateral relations and we will continue our talks about these ties ," he said, adding: " Syrian-Iranian relations are swiftly and continuously developing and we are very optimistic of the visit 's axis, outcome and of the region's future too .
Concluding the press conference, the Iranian President greeted all the Syrian people for their good election, saying that Syrian people's opinion was for dignity sake.
Later, Vice President Farouk al-Shara met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki with the presence of Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and Assistant Vice President in addition to Syria's ambassador in Tehran.
President al-Assad gave a dinner banquet in honor of President Ahmedinejad and the accompanying delegation. The banquet was attended by members of the two delegations.
Iranian president: We hope ..this summer ...defeat for the region's enemies
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