Al-Assad meets an Iraqi delegation

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received on Sunday a popular Iraqi delegation including political, informational and religious figures headed by Wameed Nazmi.

President al-Assad gave an explanation on the "current situation in the region and on the Syrian efforts regionally and internationally for putting an end to the suffering of the occupied Iraqis and Palestinians."

Al-Assad pointed out to the historical relations between the two peoples. He underlined that "maintaining Iraq's national unity is the only guarantee for overcoming the crisis which the Iraqi people is living."

Al-Assad pointed out to the "Israeli attempts to create disputes and division exploiting the ongoing events in the region, particularly in Iraq and Palestine."

For their part, members of the delegation hailed Syria's care for unity of the Iraqi people and her efforts in the Arab and international circles for putting an end to the Iraqi people' suffering.

Meantime, in a statement to SANA yesterday in Damascus, Chairman of the delegation, Wamed Nazmi described President Assad's reception of the delegation as an Arab courageous initiative.

He stressed Iraq's solidarity with Syria against the Israeli aggression on the Syrian lands and against the so-called Syria Accountability Act.

Spokesman of the delegation, Saleh al-Mutlaq stressed that the meeting with President Assad was fruitful asserting that it increased optimism over the possibility of boosting the Arab-Arab relations.

He underlined that talks with President Assad dealt with the Arab-Arab relations and means of boosting the Iraqi national unity asserting that the national unity is the guarantee for overcoming the Iraqi crisis.