US, UK Representatives Meet al- Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed Monday the importance of differentiating between the people's legitimate demands to which the government is responding through issuing decrees and laws and the organized armed groups which utilized these demands to create chaos and destabilize the country.

Meeting U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich and the accompanying delegation as well as holding another meeting with British Conservative Party MP Brooks Newmark, al-Assad reviewed the recent events taking place in Syria and the advanced steps achieved in the comprehensive reform program.

For their part Kucinich and Newmark expressed keenness on Syria's security and stability as an essential pillar in the region.