Al-Mikdad meets Executive Secretary of ESCWA

Damascus, (ST) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Dr. Faisal Al-Mikdad, met on Monday with Rola Dashti, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia “ESCWA”.

Al-Mikdad stressed the importance of current cooperation between the Syrian government and ESCWA, and the need to work in the current and coming stage on plans related to early recovery from the effects of the crisis and the earthquake, leading to reconstruction and sustainable development.

He noted the impact of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States and the West on Syria, whose repercussions became more evident after the earthquake, which revealed the falsehood of the West’s claims that the sanctions do not affect the people, calling for action to lift them immediately.

For her part, Dashti presented the action plans developed by ESCWA to deal with the essential needs in Syria, expressing her satisfaction with the existing cooperation.

ESCWA’s work priorities in Syria are to support the infrastructure of various sectors, such as water, electricity, administration, women’s empowerment, digital economy and other areas of cooperation, Dashti said.

R.Sawas