Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), According to Iran News Agency, correspondent in Damascus, the meeting was hosted by the Charity Fund in Favor of the Palestinian Nation in the presence of that fund’s head Sheikh Abu Saleh and the members of the charity fund.
Sheikh Abu Saleh said that the objectives of sponsoring the meeting were establishment of direct contacts between the Iranian and the Palestinian disabled veterans, holding dialogues, and taking advantage of the experience of the Iranian disabled veterans in such fields as sports.
He added, “We also wish everyone to know that physical handicap is not only no barrier for the disabled people, but can also become an incentive for encouraging them to provide better living conditions for themselves, particularly since the Iranian disabled veterans have proved this in practice.”
The head of the Iranian sports delegation Hassan Kamalifard, too, elaborating on the objectives of this trip to Syria, said, “I, my accompanying sports delegation and the Iranian Welfare Organization are ready for assisting the Palestinian disabled people.”
The three Iranian handicapped athletes, Ali-Reza Kamalifard, Seyyed Hassan Moqimi and Manouchehr Namjou as ambassadors of peace and friendship also presented a large painting on canvas by Iranian painter children for the children of Gaza to the Palestinian head of the Iran-Palestine Friendship Group Adnan Abu Nasser on Monday night at a ceremony held to their honor.
The Iranian children have created the large painting in front of the UNICEF Office in Tehran and the concerned officials have transferred it to Syria by the disabled athletes.
The Iranian handicapped sports delegation has thus far had trips to many countries, among which we can refer to their 80 day tour around Europe, their 3 day tour of the Arabic littoral countries of the Persian Gulf in the year 2005 titled the “Always Persian Gulf” and their 10 day tour of the Azerbaijan Republic during the Iranian New Yeat, Nou Rouz holidays of the year 2009, with the motto, Peace and Friendship among Nations.
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