Syria, Serbia to enhance economic cooperation

Belgrade, (ST) – The Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Eng. Muhammad Hassan Qatana, discussed yesterday with the Serbian under secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nemanja Starovicin Belgrade means of enhancing the friendship and cooperation relations between Syria and Serbia in various fields.

In the discussion that was held yesterday in Belegrade, the Serbian official affirmed the depth of the historical friendship relations between his country and Syria in various fields and its readiness to enhance these relations. He expressed his admiration for the Syrian civilization and the courage of its people and their steadfastness in the face of terrorism.

 Starovic referred to the importance of the memorandum of understanding that was signed between the two countries last Saturday within the framework of Minister Qatna’s visit to Serbia in terms of promoting trade exchange for agricultural products and scientific and technical cooperation between the two friendly countries. 

In turn, the Minister of Agriculture said that the goal of his visit to Serbia is to enhance economic and technical cooperation in the agricultural field, increase trade exchange between the two countries, and attend the activities of the International Agricultural Exhibition hosted by the city of Novi Sad.

Minster, Qatna pointed out that the visits he made to agricultural research centers and scientific centers, the signing of the bilateral agreement, the visits to the chambers of commerce and the agricultural exhibition had a great impact because of the great agricultural progress in Serbia.

Qatna also drew attention to the distinguished relations between the two friendly countries, praising the support of friendly countries to Syria during the years of the unjust terrorist war waged against it.

 Engineer Qatana said that the unilateral coercive economic measures imposed by the West on Syria have exacerbated the living situation of the Syrian people as a result of deprivation from obtaining sufficient production requirements to carry out agricultural projects and the impact of this on achieving food security.

Raghda Sawas