Al- Miqdad Receives FAO’s New Representative Credentials

 DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs  and Expatriates Dr.  Faisal al-Miqdad received on Monday  the credentials of Erico Hebei   as a representative for the UN  Food and Agriculture Organization FAO in Damascus.
Dr. Miqdad noted the  importance of FAO ‘s  activities and the need to deepen and expand mutual cooperation relations between the Syrian government and FAO at  various levels especially  humanitarian assistance to Syria under  the current  circumstances .
Miqdad stressed that FAO and other UN  organizations should work to halt  inhumane sanctions imposed on Syria  by the UN  and its Western allies , affecting  food security of innocent Syrian citizens.
He expressed readiness of the Syrian government  to deliver humanitarian assistance provided by FAO and UN organizations  to all Syrian citizens, wherever they are.
“Syria has achieved  self-sufficiency and food security for its people over the past years but the attack by   Western countries and the  systematic destruction of its   infrastructure by armed terrorist groups resulted in increasing  sufferings of innocent civilians  in attaining  their  basic needs” , Dr. al-Miqdad said.
For his  part , FAO representative expressed  his  organization’s readiness to cooperate with the Syrian government in various fields to withstand the crisis   as Syria is known for its  constructive cooperation with FAO.

T. Fateh