Damascus, SANA- On the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Independence Day, President Bashar al-Assad has received congratulatory cables from the leaders of Arab and foreign states, during which the leaders extended their warmest congratulations and wishes to the Syrians for further stability and progress, affirming their support for the Syrian government’s efforts to defend the state’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, and their keenness to continue work in order to strengthen and develop existing bilateral cooperation ties.
President al-Assad received cables from each of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, and from the President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and President Mohamed Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
President al-Assad also received cables of congratulations from President Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, President Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, President Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, President Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, Kim Jong Un, Head of State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and His Holiness Pope Francis, Pope of the Vatican, and Min Aung Haling, Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.