President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday received a delegation of heads of Christian Churches in Australia, that includes Bishops of the Armenian Catholic, Armenian Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox Churches.

President al-Assad discussed with members of the delegation the role of the oriental Churches on the moral and ethical level in Australia and other countries of the world towards the Syrian issue and the political and economic war Syria is facing.

The meeting also dealt with the role of the Heads of Churches towards the Syrian community and the rest of Arab communities, residing in Australia, on the level of enhancing the values of family, identity and belonging to the homeland and work for it in the countries of migration.

For their part, the Australian Bishops stressed their continued work to break the sanctions imposed on the Syrians and alleviate the impacts of the war and its repercussions on the material and social infrastructures in Syria.

They underlined that their existing in Syria is considered as a continuation of their role and duty towards Syria and part of their association with its citizens and people, who are capable to overcome the challenges by themselves

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon