SYRIA, IRAN CALL FOR NATIONWIDE TRUCE CONSOLIDATION
Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad (R) and Iranian parliament speaker's special
advisor on international affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, meet in
Damascus on January 26, 2016. (Photo by SANA news agency)
Damascus and Tehran have
reaffirmed their support for a country-wide cessation of hostilities
that has been largely holding in Syria for almost a month now. During
a meeting in Damascus on Thursday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and
Iranian parliament speaker’s special advisor on international affairs,
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said a successful ceasefire would pave the way
for the restoration of permanent peace and stability to Syria. Under
the truce, the anti-terror fight will continue and conditions will be
prepared for launching intra-Syrian dialogue, enabling the nation to
decide its future, the two sides stressed. Mediated by Russia and
Turkey with the support of Iran, the Syria ceasefire took effect on
December 30, 2016, following an agreement between Syria’s warring
parties. The truce is the first of its kind that has been largely
holding in Syria for nearly a month. Earlier attempts by the US to
broker such a long-lasting ceasefire had failed. Read more
During
the Thursday talks, the Syrian leader hailed Iran’s constructive role
in backing the Syrian people in the face of terrorism as well as in
efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Syria crisis. Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad (C-R) and Iranian parliament speaker's
special advisor on international affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, meet
in Damascus on January 26, 2016. (Photo by IRIB)Amir-Abdollahian,
for his part, said the Islamic Republic’s support for Syria is rooted
in the strategic relations between the two nations. He further empathized that Tehran believes terrorism in Syria poses an imminent threat to the entire region. Earlier
on Thursday, the Iranian official met with Syrian Foreign
Minister Walid al-Muallem to discuss bilateral ties and the latest
developments in the Arab country. They underlined the need for
continued the trilateral Syrian-Iranian-Russian cooperation to settle
the Syria conflict based on the outcome of the latest round of the peace
talks held in Kazakhstan earlier this week. Read more
On Wednesday, Amir-Abdollahian sat down with Syria’s Parliament Speaker Hadiyeh Khalaf Abbas. Iran
has been offering military advisory support to the Syrian military,
which has been battling foreign-backed militancy since 2011.
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