Al-Assad confers with AAPSO chief

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday at the Damascus al-Shaab palace received the delegation representing the Afro- Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization AAPSO chaired by Ahmad Hamroush, chairman of the Egyptian committee in the organization.

The meeting was attended by the assistant regional secretary of the Syrian Baath party Suleiman Qaddah, who is also the chairman of the Syrian solidarity committee in the organization.

Discussions dealt with AAPSO's activities in maintaining solidarity and in the serious work to strengthen solidarity among Afro- Asian peoples in challenge of onslaughts facing these peoples.

Discussions also dealt with intensifying the dialogue inside the organization with the aim to develop its objectives in light of current international developments.

Al-Assad also received on Monday at the Damascus al-Shaab presidential palace Munji Bu Senenah, the director general of the Arab League Education, Culture and Scientific Organization ALECSO and members of the accompanying delegation. Education minister Mahmoud al-Sayyed attended the meeting.