Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that the Syrian people are determined to pursue reforms in parallel with encountering terrorism

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that the Syrian people are determined to pursue reforms in parallel with encountering terrorism.

During his meeting with the chairwoman of Syrian-Ukrainian Friendship Committee in the Ukrainian Parliament Alla Alexandrovsaya and the accompanying delegation, Assad said Syrian People who, with their awareness and will, foiled foreign schemes, have once more proved their ability to safeguard Syria and build it, Syrian news agency reported.

President al-Assad stated that what Syrian has been exposed to is a repetition of previous bids to weaken and destabilize it.

The talks during the meeting focused on the ongoing developments in Syria, and the importance of consolidating bilateral relations binding Syria and Ukraine in all fields particularly at the popular level.

In a statement to the press after her meeting with al-Abrash, Alexandrovsaya said that the delegation discussed with President al-Assad several important issues after witnessing the support of the Syrian people for his political leadership and their support for the reforms he announced, affirming that security and stability in Syria will reflect positively on the entire world.

She said that the only way out of the events taking place in Syria – which she said couldn't be referred to as a "crisis" – must be political and peaceful through dialogue, not through bearing arms.