The 2nd Executive Council meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) began in Islamabad on Sunday, with the participation of Syria.
Speaker of the People\'s Assembly, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham led Syria\'s delegation to the meeting. The Assembly hailed Syria\'s presidency of the Assembly over the past period despite the tough conditions it has been going through.
Al-Laham discussed, on the sidelines of the meeting, with Iranian Shura Council\'s Vice Speaker, Mohammad Hassan Abu Turabi brotherly relations binding the Syrian and Iranian peoples, the topics listed on the Assembly\'s agenda, the Middle East developments and means of confronting international terrorism.
The region has been witnessing political transformations since the Israeli aggression against Lebanon in 2006 and the victory of the Lebanese resistance backed by Syria and Iran, Abu Turabi said.
\'\'Today, the steadfastness of the Syrian government, army and people in the face of the international terrorist aggression marks a turning point in re-forming the new multi-polar world order,\'\' he pointed out.
Abu Turabi reiterated Iran\'s support to Syria, indicating that the US-led anti-Syria front will lose miserably as the coming stage \'\'will see the victory of Syria.\'\'
Al-Laham, for his part, hailed Iran\'s support to Syria at all political, economic and humanitarian levels at a time when some Arab regimes relinquished their Arab and Islamic role and forfeited the Palestinian cause.
Al-Laham pointed to a lack of a genuine international will to confront Takfiri terrorism that is targeting the Middle East "as the acts of repressive regimes, such as the Saudi, are overlooked,\'\' which is \'\'exporting Takfiri Wahhabi thought to Syria and the world and is arming and funding the bearers of Takfiri views and sending them to sabotage the unique social fabric and target the state in Syria.\'\'
Al-Laham was upbeat about \'\'Syria\'s victory over the Wahhabi terrorism, based on its people\'s legacy of tolerance and coexistence, and their support to their army which is fighting terrorism on behalf of the whole world.\'\'
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