Damascus, Prime Minister Hussain Arnous met on Sunday a Lebanese Parliamentary delegation, headed by MP Ali Hassan Khalil, Chairman of Lebanese-Syrian Parliamentary Brotherhood and Friendship Committee.
The committee chairman extended the condolences over quake-victims which struck a number of provinces in Syria, expressing the Lebanese solidarity with Syria and the families of victims, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.
” We express our support for Syria with available possibilities in Lebanon, and we all hope that it will be able to get out of this ordeal, and rehabilitate the afflicted areas, despite the difficult circumstances it is going through in terms of aggression, terrorism, blockade and looting of its resources of oil and wheat.
Arnous, in turn, underlined the importance of the brotherly ties binding the two countries and people.
Arnous pointed out that the state institutions, civil society, and civil communities, alongside the support of the brothers and friends, had an important role in limiting the repercussions of the earthquake and contributed to rescuing the lives of many stuck under the rubble, removing the rubble, and providing relief assistance to those affected.
Source: Syria Arab News Agency
