Mikdad, Abdollahian: Syrian –Iranian relations are strategic, aim to build a promising future

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the relations between Syria and Tehran are strategic

“Iran rejects the US military presence on the Syrian territory and stresses the need for these forces to leave,” Abdollahian said during a press conference with Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad in Tehran on Monday

We discussed various bilateral issues, especially developing the economic relations between the two countries, he added

He indicated that Iran went to the Vienna talks seriously and informed the Europeans that they should have a plan to lift the embargo on the Iranian people

We are concerned that some parties of the nuclear agreement will shirk the commitments and not give guarantees for their full commitment to , he noted

For his part, Mikdad said that “We have fruitful discussions on various issues, especially boosting the bilateral relations,”

He added that the Syrian-Iranian relations are strategic and aim to build a promising future for the peoples of the region to live peacefully and securely, away from any external intervention

He noted the US have transferred thousands of terrorists from Syria to Afghanistan

Mikdad underlined that the nuclear program of Iran is peaceful, and what is rumored otherwise is not true, adding that the US should return to the agreement

He went on saying that the Syria’s victories over the terrorist organizations supported by the Israeli occupation entity make the entity resorts to direct aggression and our response to it is through pursuing the remnants of these organizations

Mikdad stressed the sanctions imposed by the US and the West on Syria and several other countries are illegal and contradict the human rights principles