Assad: Syria supports any international counterrorism effort
by Joseph
Earnest September 24, 2014
Newscast Media DAMASCUS—Syrian President Bashar Assad has asserted that Syria supports any international counterterrorism effort, SANA reported.
President Assad met Faleh Fayyad, the Iraqi National Security Advisor
and the envoy of Russian Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to tackle
counterterrorism efforts.
Faleh briefed President Assad on the latest steps taken in this
regard, as well as discussing upcoming steps and possible measures to
ensure the success of these efforts and eliminate terrorists
organizations in all their forms.
President Assad affirmed to Fayyad that Syria is proceeding
resolutely in its war against all forms of takfiri terrorism which it
has been waging for years, asserting that Syria supports any
international counterterrorism effort.
The President stressed that the success of such efforts isn’t
just linked to military action which is important, as it’s also linked
to states committing themselves to relevant international resolutions
and what they entail in terms of stopping all forms of support for
terrorist organizations.
The two sides affirmed the need to continue cooperation and
coordination between the two countries’ leadership in combating
terrorism, particularly since this cooperation produced positive results
for the people of Syria, Iraq, and the region.