TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – In a meeting with Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, Iran's Alaeddin Boroujerdi stressed that Iran’s support for Syria’s territorial integrity and its sovereignty will continue.

Chairman of Iranian Parliament Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, met and talked with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus on Monday, during which the two sides focused on the situation in Syria and important victories against terrorism by the Syrian government and allied forces.

Syrian Arab News Agency SANA reported that in the meeting, Boroujerdi said that the project of the US and its allies and their tools in the region was defeated in Syria, indicating that the failure of the recent aggression underscores the solidity of the resistance axis and counterterrorism.

According to SANA, the Iranian official also stressed that Iran will remain, as it has always been, staunch in its support for Syria, vowing to keep up efforts aimed at achieving a political solution determined by the Syrians that preserves the unity and sovereignty of Syria.

The Syrian president, for his part, said that escalating aggression on Syria will enhance Syrians’ resolve to eliminate terrorism.

Furthermore, President Assad underlined the importance of parliamentary relations in the exchange of experiences between countries at the grassroots level, not only at the political, according to SANA.

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