Russia, Iran Strongly Condemn Terrorist Attack on Syria
Russia and Iran strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted the National Security headquarters condemned the terrorist explosion which hit the National Security HQ in Damascus on Wednesday.
Russian spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Alexander Lukachevich said "Moscow strongly condemns terrorism with all its forms.. and rely on finding and punishing those who committed this terrorist attack."
"We see that what happened was an attempt to continue undermining the situation in Syria.. we are confident that the authority and people in Syria will seek a peaceful settlement to the crisis in Syria," he added.
Lukachevich expressed condolences to the Syrian people, government and families of the victims.
For its part, Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the terrorist attack, affirming that any attempt to destabilize Syria will reflect on the whole region.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Ministry said that Iran strongly condemns the terrorist attack that led to the martyrdom of a number of officials and wounded several others, offering deep condolences of the Iranian government and people to the Syrian people and government.
The statement added that foreign interference and sending weapons and the backing provided by regional and western countries to the armed terrorist groups will lead to nowhere.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi condemned the terrorist attack and renewed Iran's backing to the UN envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan's plan.
Salehi, in a phone call with Annan yesterday, said that what happened in Syria is a terrorist act, pointing out that terrorism is spreading to Syria and the region.
Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org
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