Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus, SANA-The Chinese Embassy in Damascus hold on Sunday a reception on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at the Damarose Hotel.
Chinese Ambassador Shi Hongwei said that China and Syria are good friends, partners and brothers, bound by profound friendship, and that the two peoples exchange respect and affection for each other.
He reiterated his country’s support for Syria in preserving its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in reconstruction.
Hongwei reaffirmed his country’s rejection of any external interference in Syria’s internal affairs and any threat to its security and stability.
He called for lifting the unilateral and illegal coercive sanctions on its people.
He Pointing out his country’s desire to work with Syria to enhance the strategic partnership, achieve new results and build a better common future for humanity.
For his part, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng. Iyad Al-Khatib, said that Syrian-Chinese relations are deep-rooted and have been strengthened through mutual official visits between the two sides and the signing of a large package of agreements that played a major role in deepening aspects of strategic cooperation in the political, economic, cultural and tourism fields.
Minister Al-Khatib expressed Syria’s aspiration for more economic, technical and scientific cooperation with the friendly Chinese side, and to boost bilateral cooperation relations in all fields to the level of the distinguished political relations that unite the two countries.
He praised China’s responsible position, which was evident in its use of the veto several times against Western draft resolutions in the Security Council, which sought to target Syria and obstruct efforts to combat terrorism.
Special Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, explained in a statement to journalists that China believes in the freedom and dignity of peoples and has no colonial history.
The current Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and the region has two goals: the first is the Zionization of the region, and the second is to maintain Western hegemony and centrality, which wants to maintain its control over the world in order to be able to continue plundering peoples.
On the other hand, she considered that China’s alliances with African, Asian and Latin countries strengthen the multipolar world that preserves human dignity and sustainable common development between countries and peoples.
The West has only given the world wars, colonialism and murders, she concluded.
Latifa Moammar /Manar Salameh
