Syria, Abkhazia discuss ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation in all fields

DAMASCUS, Dec.12, (ST)- The Minister of  Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Al-Miqdad reviewed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, Inal Ardzinba and an accompanying delegation ways of enhancing cooperation and coordination between the two friendly countries in all fields.

Ardzinba affirmed his country’s condemnation of the repeated Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, saying that this is unacceptable and a flagrant violation of international law.

He reiterated his country’s support to Syria in its war against terrorism, and in the face of the economic repercussions of the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people by Western countries.

Ardzinba also stressed his country’s condemnation of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the Israeli crimes being committed against the Palestinians, calling for an immediate stop to these massacres.

For his part, Al-Miqdad welcomed the Abkhaz delegation, stressing the need to make more efforts to upgrade bilateral relations to the required level for the common interest of the two friendly countries and peoples.

On the situation in the region, Al-Miqdad referred to the dangerous effects resulting from the Israeli entity’s continued attacks on Syrian sovereignty, in addition to the continuing suffering of the Syrian people as a result of the American and Turkish occupation of Syrian lands.

He reiterated Syria’s condemnation of the massacres carried out by the racist Zionist entity against citizens in occupied Palestine, stressing the need to strengthen joint international action to put an end to these brutal crimes that the world has never seen before, a cording to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Al-Miqdad made it clear that the recent developments in the region have uncovered western governments, revealed their truth to their people, and demonstrated the falsity of their claims to respect international humanitarian law.

He in addition denounced the United States’ use of veto against a draft resolution at the Security Council calling for an end to the massacre committed by Israeli fascism against the children and women of Palestine.

The two sides renewed their support for the special military operation carried out by the Russian Federation in Ukraine to eliminate neo-Nazism and put an end to the increasing interventions of the West in other countries to achieve their own interests.

“During the meeting, several issues were discussed, especially in relation to developments in Ukraine and the Western insistence on supplying it with various types of weapons, which complicated the possibility of reaching a solution to this crisis,” Al-Miqdad said in a press statement following the meeting.

For his part,  Ardzinba affirmed his country’s support for Syria and its stances, pointing out that the events taking place in Gaza Strip and Ukraine are the result of the West’s attempt to impose its hegemony over international resolutions.

“The West’s destructive policy seeks to open a second front in the Caucasus region. We discussed during out meeting the issue of the multipolar world and the formation of a new, more just world order in which people express their positions freely, away from the dictates of Western countries,” Ardzinba said.

B.Q.