20 August 2009
Syrian President Bashar Assad has paid a one-day visit to Iran and said the two countries were fighting "on the same front." In Tehran, he congratulated Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election. Assad also condemned "foreign intervention" in Iran's internal affairs. He said the West feared Syria and Iran's success in the coming years. The fact that Iranians voted Ahmadinejad in for another term is "an important lesson for foreigners," he declared according to Iranian media.
Assad denounced 'foreign intervention' in Iranian affairs, an apparent reference to Western disapproval of the violent suppression of Iranian protestors in recent weeks. Hundreds of thousands turned out to protest following the presidential elections, claiming that the election had been rigged in Ahmadinejad's favor.
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