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21 Feb 2016

Lukashenko supports Bashar Assad’s fight against terrorism in Syria

MINSK, 22 February (BelTA) – A Belarusian delegation led by First Secretary of the Communist Party of Belarus Igor Karpenko conveyed Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s words of support to Syrian President Bashar Assad at a meeting in Damascus, BelTA learnt from the Embassy of Belarus to Syria.

Igor Karpenko handed over an official letter from Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to President of Syria Bashar Assad with the words of support to the leadership of the country and the Syrian people in the fight against terrorism,” the embassy said.

The parties discussed the development of the military and political situation, the prospects for regulating the conflict in Syria. The parties also talked over political dialogue, trade and economic cooperation between the two states. Attending the meeting was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Syria Alexander Ponomarev.

As was informed, a stadium and a children's playground which were built with the support of Belarus' Embassy and Belarus' Honorary Consul in Syria Wael Batal were opened in one of the villages in Syria on 18 February. The opening ceremony was attended by Alexander Ponomarev and Igor Karpenko.

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