Syrian President Bashar al-Assad affirmed on Thursday his country's firm position to preserve security, stability and territorial integrity of Iraq, the official SANA news agency reported.
Assad made the remarks at a meeting with visiting Speaker of Iraqi Parliament Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, during which they reviewed the situations in Iraq.
Both sides asserted at the meeting that they reject any partition proposals that harm Iraq's unity.
For his part, Mashhadani thanked President Assad and his government for supporting Iraq both on the level of the ongoing political process and the facilities they offer to the Iraqi refugees.
On Wednesday, Mashhadani refused a U.S. Senate's resolution to divide his country.
"Our response to the decision of the U.S. Senate is to work to achieve sovereignty and independence and adhere to our national unity in the face of all attempts to fragment Iraq and incite strife," Mashhadani told reporters.
The U.S. Senate passed a non-binding bill in September, calling for limiting the power of Iraq's federal government and giving more control to Iraq's ethnically divided regions.
The bill proposes to separate Iraq into Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni entities, with a federal government in Baghdad in charge of border security and oil revenues.
However, the Bush administration is unlikely to alter its policy on Iraq as it has urged the Iraqi government to establish a national unity government and has rejected the idea of dividing Iraq based on ethnic factions.
Source: Xinhua
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