President Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent sincere congratulations to President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar Al-Assad and all the people of the country on the occasion of the Syrian Independence Day celebrated today.
Taking this opportunity, the head of Turkmenistan expressed his sincere wishes to President Bashar Al-Assad for good health, happiness and prosperity, and to the people of Syria - peace, further progress and prosperity, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports today.
Syrian Independence Day, also known as Evacuation Day, commemorates the date when the last foreign soldier left the land of this Arab country and gained real independence, is celebrated on April 17.
Syria gained independence on April 17, 1946, the day all French troops were evacuated from Syrian territory.