Delegated by President Bashar al-Assad, Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam attended a ceremony held on Sunday by Russian military units operating in the Mediterranean in Tartous Port on the occasion of the Russian Navy Day.

Azzam relayed President al-Assad’s congratulations to the Russian naval forces on the occasion.

The ceremony was attended by a number of officers of the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces, Commander of the Russian Forces in Syria and a number of Russian army officers.

The Russian naval units in the Mediterranean marked the Russian Navy Day with a naval parade involving flights with Russian fighter jets and bombers.