Under patronage of President al-Assad, 3rd International Trade Union Conference kicks off

Damascus – Under the patronage of President Bashar al-Assad, the 3rd the International Trade Union Conference “ITUC” in Solidarity with Workers and People of Syria against Terrorism, Blockades and Economic Sanctions and Imperial Intervention Policies kicked off Monday at Sahara Tourist Complex in Damascus Countryside .

56 Arab and international organizations and more than 100 political, intellectual and media figures from 40 states are participating in the Conference, SANA reported.

Participants in the two-day Conference will discuss the solidarity with Syria in the face of terrorism and the danger of the Takfiri mentality and the role of the organizations, syndicates and media in facing it , in addition to the economic blockade as one of the types of terrorism and its social and economic repercussions on the Syrian people.

In a speech delivered during the opening of the Conference, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions Jamal al-Qadiri said that the Syrian people have faced Takfiri terrorism backed by well-known foreign powers, and they faced an economic war represented in the unjust siege.