"The Syrians, Arabs, and the world freedom-loving people would never forget President Hafez Assad. The late Assad tops all in firmness, pride, and dignity; he never surrendered in all his life. Assad, indeed, knew how to raise his cause up to the top of glory and how to build for Syria her glory.’’

"In President Bashar Assad, I have seen all success, an identical image of his late father in features, morals, sense of responsibility. President Bashar definitely enjoys the full support of the Syrians and would achieve the sublime status realized by his late father,’’

President Assad Received President Castro

Damascus 15-5-2001
President Bashar Assad received here Tuesday the visiting Cuban President Fidel Castro and the accompanying delegation.
Talks during the meeting dealt with some regional and international issues in light of the changes which swept the world by the end of the last century considering their impact on regional and international conditions politically and economically.
Talks also covered recent developments at the international arena, bilateral relations between Syria and Cuba and the importance of boosting them in the interest of both friendly countries. Cuban President Fidel Castro arrived in Damascus on Tuesday
afternoon on an official visit to Syria.

 

Damascus 16/ 5/2001

Cuban President Fidel Castro and his accompanying delegation visited al-Assad library and laid a wreath at late president Hafez Assad's statue.

In a statement to reporters, Castro described late President as was one of the bravest men in the world. "The Syrians, Arabs, and the world freedom-loving people would never forget President Hafez Assad. The late Assad tops all in firmness, pride, and dignity; he never surrendered in all his life. Assad, indeed, knew how to raise his cause up to the top of glory and how to build for Syria her glory.’’ President Fidel Castro of Cuba said of the late president.

"In President Bashar Assad, I have seen all success, an identical image of his late father in features, morals, sense of responsibility. President Bashar definitely enjoys the full support of the Syrians and would achieve the sublime status realized by his late father,’’ President Fidel Castro of Cuba said of president Bashar Assad.

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