Al-Assad meets Canadian Senate Delegation

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received a delegation of the Canadian Senate chaired by the Senator Pierre Dubaneh on Wednesday morning.

The meeting was attended by Suleiman Haddad, Chairman of the Arab and Foreign Relations Committee at the People's Assembly ( Parliament) and members of the committee Subhi Abdullah and Ahmad Haj Mahmoud.

Talks during the meeting dealt with the role of the Arab and Syrian communities around the world, and particularly in Canada, in providing and explaining the real picture of the situation in their mother land as well as their role in making possible a continuous dialogue.

Discussions also centered on the main issues in the Middle East, especially the issue of peace. President al-Assad stressed that the final solution can only be reached by returning to the "Madrid conferene terms of reference" as well as the relevant international resolutions as they constitute the basis to just and comprehensive solution accepted to the peoples and the international community as a whole.

Talks also dealt with the situation in Iraq and the role Syria is trying to play along with the efforts she is exerting to maintain stability in Iraq and restore the country's sovereignty and independence.