Iranian foreign minister meets with vice-chairman of Syria-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group

Ms. Haifa Juma, the vice-chairman of the Syria-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group, held a meeting on Tuesday evening with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Ms. Juma is in Tehran at the head of a delegation of Syrian lawmakers for talks with counterparts in Iran’s Majlis (Parliament).

Ms. Haifa Juma, the vice-chairman of the Syria-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group, held a meeting on Tuesday evening with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Ms. Juma is in Tehran at the head of a delegation of Syrian lawmakers for talks with counterparts in Iran’s Majlis (Parliament).

During the meeting, Amirabdollahian paid tribute to the martyrs of resistance who lost their lives in the fight against terrorism, especially Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, Syrian martyrs and others. The martyrs of the resistance axis, he added, rid Syria of Daesh terrorism through their perseverance.
The foreign minister further pointed to the role and status of the two countries’ parliaments in pursuing the expansion of ties in various fields of bilateral cooperation, stressing the necessity to implement the economic agreements reached between the two sides in accordance with the level of the existing capacities.

For her part, Ms. Juma referred to the strategic relations between the two countries and thanked the Islamic Republic, on behalf of the Syrian government and people, for standing by the Syrian nation in the fight against terrorism and extremism.

She also paid respect to the martyrs of the fight against terrorism in Syria and said the memory and name of Lieutenant General Soleimani lives on in the hearts of the Syrian people as a symbol of sacrifice.
She added his martyrdom was a sign that the people of the two countries have a shared enemy.

The senior Syrian parliamentarian pointed to her visit to a center belonging to the House of Innovation and Tech in Tehran. Juma praised Iran’s scientific progress in the fields of nanotechnology, medicine, stem cells, and industries and said it is thanks to the Iranian nation’s resistance and perseverance in the face of cruel sanctions.

Juma also referred to attempts by the Western media empire to tarnish the image of the countries of the resistance axis, emphasizing the necessity to promote the resistance media front to show the truth about those countries and confront the lies spread by this media empire.

The meeting was also joined by Abbas Golrou, the vice-chairman of the Syria-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group, as well as two members of the Group Fatemeh Mohammad Beigi and Teymourian.