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Monday, December 30, 2013

MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ASSAD TO THE HOLY FATHER


Vatican City, 28 December 2013 (VIS) – This morning the director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J., issued the following declaration:

“This morning the secretary of State of the Holy See, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, and the secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, have received a delegation from the Syrian government, composed of Joseph Sweid, minister of State, accompanied by Hussam Eddin Aala, assistant minister and director for Europe from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and current Syrian ambassador to the Holy See.

“The delegation brought a message from President Assad for the Holy Father and explained the position of the Syrian government”.

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