Iranian - Syrian officials stress support for Palestinian resistance
Syria-Iran, Politics, 1/29/2010

Iran's Foreign Minister's Parliamentary Consular and Iranian Expatriates Affairs Deputy in Syria Wednesday met and conferred with Syrian Foreign Minister and Syria's Immigrants Minister separately.

Hassan Qashqavi in his meeting with the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid al-Muallem, exchanged viewpoints on regional and international developments.

Al-Muallem said during the meeting, "Keeping in mind the next month's Arab League Summit in Libya, we would focus our entire efforts aimed at strengthening the resistance front in Palestine.

The Iranian deputy FM, too, said that Tehran-Damascus relations are high level at all possible fields, adding, "The shared Tehran-Damascus stands on support for the resistance forces is a perfect model for supporting the oppressed nations, and this policy is unchangeable."

In the meeting between Qashqavi and the Syrian Immigrants Minister Joseph Swaid, too, issues of mutual interest regarding the two countries' citizens were surveyed.

Swaid said that 17 million Syrians are living abroad, adding, "Syria is ready for cooperation with Iran on both countries' citizens' affairs in various countries."

Welcoming the idea, Qashqavi presented a report on the status of the Iranians abroad. He added, "The Iranians living in countries around the globe with various specialties have always been a pride for their motherland."

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