Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus, SANA- Speaker of the people’s Assembly, Hamouda Sabbagh stressed, during his meeting Monday with the Bahraini ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Syria, Wahid Mubarak Sayyar, the depth of Syrian-Bahraini ties, indicating that Syria is always keen on joint Arab action and extends a helping hand towards all its Arab brothers.
During the meeting, Sabbagh called for concerted efforts by all Arab countries to achieve joint Arab solidarity in confronting the challenges facing them, explaining that this meeting, along with other Syrian-Arab meetings, will permit in more work to consolidate Arab-Arab relations.
He also expressed his hope that the Syrian-Bahraini relations would witness a qualitative development in the near future, appreciating the honorable stances of the Kingdom of Bahrain towards Syria and the role of Ambassador Sayyar in strengthening and developing bilateral relations.
Ambassador Sayyar, for his part, affirmed that every Arab effort to strengthen relations between Arab countries contributes to unifying the Arab position towards various regional and international issues and achieves the interest of future Arab generations.
He expressed Bahrain’s readiness to provide all possible assistance to Syria in facing the repercussions of the devastating earthquake.
Sayyar revealed that Bahrain will soon send a medical team to Syria specialized in treating disaster injuries, in addition to providing a helping hand with regard to humanitarian aid for those affected, including medicines, equipment, shelter supplies and electric generators.
The Bahraini ambassador reiterated the invitation extended by his country to the Speaker of the People’s Assembly and to members of the Assembly to participate in the meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which will be held soon in Bahrain.