Presidential Advisor: Iran, Syria Enjoys Strategic Ties

Paris, Nov 9, IRNA – Advisor to Iranˈs President for Cultural Affairs Hesameddin Ashena here on Friday described Iran-Syria relations as strategic. Ashena made the remarks in a meeting attended by Iranian Minister of Sciences, Research, and Technology Reza Faraji Dana and Syrian Minister of Education Hazvan Alvaz in Paris on the sidelines of a UNESCO meeting. Ashena noted that the two countries share historical, religious and cultural commonalities. Pointing to the anti-Iran sanctions imposed by Western countries, he reiterated that that the Syrian nation and government have always stood beside the Iranian nation during its difficult situations./end