Damascus, SANA – Speaker of People’s Assembly Hadiyeh Abbas met on Tuesday a delegation of the Tunisian National Committee for Supporting Arab Resistance and Fighting Normalization and Zionism.

During the meeting, Abbas said the main goal of conspiracy and the war on Syria is to hit the Arab national resistance that is facing the Zionist entity, fragment the region and stir sedition among the people of the same society.

Abbas affirmed that Syria welcomes those who want to strengthen ties and cooperate with it in the fight against terrorism.

For his part, Adel Bin Samida, the head of the visiting delegation, pointed out that Syria is being targeted because it is at the core of the axis of resistance, stressing however that the conspiracy has started to break down due to the steadfastness of the Syrians.

Members of the delegation affirmed that the Tunisian people stand side by side with the Syrian people and leadership, adding that they will convey the truth of what they witnessed in Syria when back in their country.

Later, the delegation met with Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad, who affirmed the deep brotherly relations binding Syrian and Tunisian peoples, expressing appreciation of the Syrian people and leadership to the Tunisian people for their supportive stance towards Syria in the face of the terrorist war waged against it by Israel and its agents in the region.

He considered the fact that the current relations between Syria and Tunisia are still under the required level as unjustified and doesn’t agree with the will of the Tunisian people who want the relations between the two countries to be back to normal and be at the highest level.

For his part, the head of the delegation affirmed the Tunisian people’s solidarity with their Syrian counterparts in their confrontation against terrorism, adding that the Tunisians highly appreciate the victories achieved by the Syrian Arab Army against terrorism, most recently in Aleppo.

He said that the d delegation’s visit to Syria comes in the framework of expressing support to the Syrian brothers and to convey the true picture of what is happening in Syria to the people of Tunisia.

M. al-Frieh/H. Said