Pretoria-Sana
The children of the Syrian community in South Africa celebrated the success of the presidential elections and the victory of Dr. Bashar al-Assad during a massive national event held at the headquarters of the Syrian Embassy in Pretoria, with the participation of South African political figures and activists.
The participants in the celebration expressed their joy at President al-Assad's victory, reiterating their confidence in Syria's leadership towards safety and the reconstruction of what was destroyed by terrorism, expressing their support for their country in confronting terrorism and its supporters.
Syria's ambassador to South Africa, Anfwan Al-MP, affirmed that the achievement of the presidential elections on time is a victory for the Syrian national decision and the will of the Syrians, and an explicit expression of their rejection of Western countries' attempts to disrupt the elections, influence their results, or interfere in the internal affairs of a UN member state.
The deputy said, "The Syrians' choice of President al-Assad is a clear message sent by the people of Syria around the globe, that just as their wills were united with the Syrian state in the face of terrorism, their wills are united with their state and leadership to rebuild the future Syria."
In turn, the head of the Syrian Expatriates Association, Dr. Omar Al-Adel, expressed in a speech on behalf of the Syrian community the pride in President Al-Assad's victory in the presidential elections, pointing out that the next stage is to rebuild Syria.
Muhammad Desai, a member of the National Youth Committee of the South African Communist Party, congratulated the Director of Africa for Palestine in a speech during the celebration of the Syrian people's success in the presidential election, praising the steadfastness of the Syrians in the face of the terrorist plot against their homeland.
Desai affirmed his party's support for Syria in confronting terrorism and Western plans targeting it, denouncing the unilateral coercive economic measures imposed by Western countries on the Syrian people and targeting them for their livelihood and basic needs.
Desai noted Syria's "honorable" stances towards South Africa and its solidarity with his country against the apartheid regime and its rejection of imperialism and colonialism. And some western countries and their tools.
For his part, the Syrian expatriate Sheikh Muhammad Nour Aswad affirmed in a speech during the celebration that Syria will recover and achieve the final victory over terrorism despite all circumstances.
The Italian-South African citizen Dania Secchi stressed during the celebration that the celebrations of the Syrians in their homeland and in all regions of the world with the results of the presidential elections clearly show the falsehood of the misleading Western media campaigns that targeted Syria and show the whole world the true image of Syria and the opinion of its people, contrary to the attempts of some media to confuse and influence the election results.
She pointed out that the whole world knows that Syria will emerge victorious in its war on terrorism and that the Syrians will rebuild their country and restore it better than it was before the unjust war that was waged against it.
The ceremony was attended by the president and members of the Syrian community in South Africa, Chris Chetty, Director of the Consular Services Department at the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa, Professor Harun Aziz of the African National Congress, Muhammad Desai, member of the National Committee of Communist Party Youth, Director of the Africa Organization for Palestine, and a number of friends in South Africa. .
