Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that the role of world trade unions is directly linked to the concept of justice and working to achieve this goal, and from this concept, the relationship between Syria and World Federation of Trade Unions  is old and “set off from the conflict between capitalism and the labor forces.”

President al-Assad added in a meeting with Mr. Pambis Kyritsis, Secretary General of World Federation of Trade Unions ( WFTU) that the major companies are the ones that lead politics and decisions in the U.S. and Europe and create conflicts and wars to achieve their economic and financial interests, and what is going on today in the occupied Palestinian territories is, in part, a reflection of this brutal reality that accepts committing massacres and killing innocent people simply because they stick to their rights and defend them.

“We have many battles to fight in which the political issue is inseparable from the economic, ideological and social ones,” the President added.

For his part,  Kyritsis indicated that his visit to the country expresses solidarity with Syria and its endeavors towards  stability and reconstruction, stressing the support of the World Federation of Trade Unions for Syrian efforts in the field of development away from external interference.

He pointed out that international trade unions stand with the Palestinian issue today more than ever before and is working to mobilize global public opinion in favor of the justice of this issue.