Presidential, Political and Media Adviser Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban discussed with Chinese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Xiaodong during their meeting in Beijing on Thursday the bilateral relations between the two countries which have been built on the bases of friendship and partnership.

Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed in a phone call on Wednesday with President of the Turkish regime Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the necessity to fully implement the Russian-Turkish understandings on combating terrorism in Idleb and northeastern Syria.

Presidential Political and Media Adviser Bouthaina Shaaban said that Western powers and the US consider themselves as custodian of the human rights while, in fact, they seriously misinterpret this concept worldwide through interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries, particularly in the Arab World, including Iraq, Libya and Syria.

Head of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic to Astana talks, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari affirmed rejection of any attempts to interfere in Syria’s internal affairs and in the work of the Committee of Discussing the Constitution.

Syria’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Hossam al-Din Ala, warned against the danger of illegitimate acts some societies, members in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, are carrying out on Syrian territories.

A new batch of displaced Syrians have returned to their cities and villages which have been liberated from terrorism by the Syrian Arab Army in the provinces of Daraa and Homs coming from the refugee camps in Jordan.

Russian President’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev affirmed that providing humanitarian aid for the Syrians and the assistance in the reconstruction should be done without any politicization or preconditions.

The final statement of the 14th round of Astana talks affirmed strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Syrian Arab Republic’s delegation, headed by Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, on Wednesday held a meeting with the Iranian delegation headed by Foreign Minister’s Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji in Nur-Sultan in framework of the 14th round of Astana talks on Syria.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed the need to completely liberate Idleb Province from terrorism, eliminate terrorism in Syria and find a political solution to the crisis in it in accordance with the UN resolution no. 2254.

SANA’s reporter said that Hasaka-Aleppo International Highway was reopened for the traffic after completing the deployment of the Syrian Arab Army units along it.

Prime Minister Imad Khamis on Tuesday received Minister of External Economic Relations of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong-jae and the accompanying delegation.

 Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem met on Tuesday the newly-appointed Algerian Ambassador to Syria Lahsan Tuhami.

 Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad on Tuesday received Indonesia’s Deputy Coordinating Minister for Foreign Policy Affairs, Lutfi Rauf, and the accompanying delegation.