Assad and Salehi Assure Importance of Solving Challenges Facing the Region

President Bashar Al Assad discussed here on Monday with Iranian Acting Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi the latest developments on the regional and international arenas, the exerted efforts to find solutions to the challenges facing countries of the region and the importance that solutions come from inside these countries according to their peoples' interests to help maintain their security and stability, reported SANA.

The bilateral relations between Syria and Iran, prospects of consolidating them and means of enhancing cooperation, particularly in the scientific and technical fields, as well as means of integration and interaction among the countries of the region to positively reflect on the whole region and create a mutual economic space, were also on the table.

The situation in Iraq was also touched upon, where President Al Assad and Salehi expressed content over the existence of a consensus government, stressing the importance of expanding the dialogue to include all the Iraqi spectrums.