SYRIA: Senior Iranian lawmaker meets Syrian officials.

Record ID: 281368

  • Title: SYRIA: Senior Iranian lawmaker meets Syrian officials.
  • Date: 25th August 2012
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (AUGUST 25, 2012) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL): EXTERIOR OF PARLIAMENT SYRIAN FLAG HEAD OF IRANIAN ISLAMIC PARLIAMENT NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY COMMISSION, ALAEDDIN BOROUJERDI, GREETING OFFICIALS BOROUJERDI ENTERING PARLIAMENT BOROUJERDI MEETING WITH SYRIAN SPEAKER JIHAD AL-LAHAM (ON LEFT) AL-LAHAM VARIOUS OF BOROUJERDI PERSON TAKING NOTES MEETING IN
  • Embargoed: 9th September 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAZYVGFPQ0KXUG7TKQ77UGEND7
  • Story Text: Head of Iranian Islamic Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, met with Syrian Speaker Jihad al-Laham on Saturday (August 25) in Damascus as part of a two-day visit to Syria.
    Boroujerdi, who arrived in Damascus earlier in the day, said he was in Syria to strengthen bilateral relations and hold negotiations with senior Syrian officials.
    Boroujerdi was received at the airport by Subhi Abul-Shamat, Syria's Head of National Security Commission in the Syrian Parliament.
    Boroujerdi said the Non-Aligned Movement summit, bringing together 120 developing nations and starting on Sunday (August 26) in Tehran, offered a good chance to discuss the Syrian crisis.
    Iran has supported President Bashar al-Assad in the face of international condemnation over his crackdown on the uprising against his family's four-decade rule, considering his government part of an anti-Western front that also includes Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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