Iranian leader meets President Assad in Damascus, says Iran and Syria 'are united against the enemies of both countries.' According to several reports, Iranian president also meets with Hizbullah leader Nasrallah
"Iran and Syria are allies and will remain allies," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Syrian President Bashar Assad as the two met in Damascus on Thursday evening.
According to Ahmadinejad, Iran and Syria "are united against the enemies of the two countries and the region."
Asked about the possibility of another war breaking out in the region, the Iranian president replied, "We hope the summer will bring victories to the region's nations and failures to their enemies." He refused to elaborate.
The Syrian president said during the press conference that the leaders discussed the developments in the Palestinian arena and ways to bring the Palestinian factions back to the negotiations table.
They also discussed the situation in Iraq and Lebanon.
Quoting witnesses in Damascus, Reuters reported that the Iranian president met Hizbullah's leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Syrian capital on Thursday.
According to the report, representatives of several Palestinian groups opposed to President Mahmoud Abbas, which have offices in Damascus, also attended the meeting.
The Iranian prisoner was the first leader to congratulate his Syrian counterpart over his reelection. Before leaving for Damascus, Ahmadinejad said that "the relations between Iran and Syria have a great and important influence on the region and on the entire world."
Earlier Thursday, Ahmadinejad met in Damascus with Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ramadan Shallah and stressed the need for unity between the Palestinian factions.
The Iranian president called on the region's states to be alert in the face of Israel's attempts to rehabilitate itself after what he defined as its "failure" in the Second Lebanon War.
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