Indian Ambassador: The relationship with Syria is important and historic

Damascus-SANA

Indian Ambassador Mahinder Singh Kanyal stressed the depth of the historical relations with Syria, which are getting stronger at all political, economic and cultural levels.

In a statement to SANA, Kanyal said during a ceremony held by the Indian Embassy in Damascus today on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the Republic Day: "We are proud of the friendship and cooperation relations between the two countries, and the coming months will witness greater developments on several levels," explaining that his country continues to provide humanitarian and technical support to friendly Syria, in addition to Pushing economic cooperation forward through businessmen in both countries.

The Indian ambassador indicated that it is expected to exchange many visits between the two countries during the coming period, in addition to working to increase the number of scholarships for Syrian students offered by India and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations to reach about 400 scholarships, a number of them in the fields of information technology.

India is a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system that gained its independence in 1947 and was declared a republic on January 26, 1950 with the entry into force of the constitution.

Maha Al-Qahf and Reem Hishma