Mikdad: Redoubling efforts to face challenges imposed by Corona and economic blockade

Damascus, SANA_ Foreign and Expatriate Minister Faysal Mikdad on Sunday received Director of Operations at World Food Program “WFP” Amer Daoudi  and his accompanying delegation.

The two sides reviewed the existing joint cooperation between the Syrian government and the World Food Program.

Mikdad expressed appreciation for the efforts made by the Program in Syria in delivering humanitarian aid and highlighted the need to deliver it to those who deserve it in a way that alleviates the economic challenges which the Syrian people are facing as a result of the destruction caused by the terrorist gangs to the Syrian economic infrastructure and the unilateral coercive measures imposed by some Western countries on the Syrian people.

He highlighted the need for the World Food Program to redouble its efforts to implement the decisions of United Nations bodies related to facing the challenges of the novel Coronavirus and the Western economic siege on Syria.

For his part, Daoudi praised the facilities provided by the Syrian Government to the World Food Program for the success of its humanitarian mission and highlighted the cooperation and coordination between the two parties.

He stated that the Program seeks to help the Syrian people to the greatest extent possible in a way that alleviates their suffering.

Hybah /GH.A.Hssoun