Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus, SANA- Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammoudeh Sabbagh received Iranian Ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari and congratulated him upon assuming his duties in Damascus, wishing him success in his new position.
During the meeting held Monday, Sabbagh highlighted the deep-rooted relations between the two friendly countries and stressed the need to boost them in various areas, notably between the People’s Assembly and the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Iran.
He also highly valued Iran’s support to Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
For his part, Ambassador Akbari noted that Iran and Syria managed to protect their dignity and independent decision by resisting the aggressive powers targeting the identity and the national belonging of the Iranian and Syrian peoples.
The Ambassador indicated that the axis of resistance is facing a war of a different nature today, represented in the economic warfare.
Akbari pointed out that the two countries accelerate the implementation of joint economic projects in the face of hostile plans against them.
Kinda al-Mahmoud / Baraa Ali
