In this message, the president of Syria congratulated the nation and the government of Iran on the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as the new president of Iran and wished him success and prosperity.

"We will work together to strengthen strategic relations between the two countries and open new promising horizons for cooperation between the two countries," Assad said.

"Resistance will be the common path that we will take to defend the dignity and interests of the nations of the two countries," he added.