Senior officials voice solidarity with Syria
Syria-Regional, Politics, 4/16/2005

Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ali Tuygan on Friday called upon Washington to cooperate with Syria and Iran for solving pending issues and to avoid confrontations.

Anadulu News Agency quoted Tuygan as saying, during a meeting in Washington Institute on the side lines of his current visit to Washington, that the Syrian-Turkish relations gave the opportunity to Turkey to understand the situation in the region.

Meantime, in Paris, Chairman of the Arab- French Solidarity society Lucien Peterlein underlined the society absolute solidarity with Syria in the face of the current pressures it is exposed to.

Peterlein said "We stand by Syria in the face of pressures and threats against that aim at obliging it to abandon its firm principles." The statement hailed Syria's wise and brave leadership towards the existing pressures, stressing that Syria has opted for the way of peace and what is right.

In Kuwait, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said "Syria has met its commitments regarding withdrawal of the Syrian forces from Lebanon." In a statement to the Kwuaiti 'al-Rai al-Am' paper, Aboul Gheit called upon the active states in the United Nations and UN Security Council to work for resumption of peace process in the region stressing that Syria is seriously willing to complete this process.

In the same context, students of the International Relations College ,at the Higher Education University of Brazilian city of Brasilia, condemned the pressures practiced by the U.S. against Syria and other states of the region.

Students, during a political debate, highly appreciated Syria's role in ending Lebanese civil war, rejecting the foreign interference in the Lebanese internal affairs.

Syria's ambassador to Brazil, Ali Diab, participated at the debate and delivered two lectures on Syria's history and its pioneering role throughout the ages "particularly that Syria is considered as an example of peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance."

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