South African diplomat: Syria plays a leading role in mobilizing the international community against racism

National

Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa in Damascus Mr. Barry Gilder has underscored that Syria plays a leading role in mobilizing the international community against racism and in rejecting the establishment of diplomatic relations with this system.

Speaking in a lecture  he gave today  at Rida Saed Hall in Damascus under the title “Nelson Mandela- The Heritage of International Solidarity”, the ambassador referred to the importance of international solidarity as the world is still seeking  to impose its interests on others through putting economic and military pressures and exploiting the unjust mechanisms of world rule.

Mr. Gilder pointed out that Mandela had supported the Palestinian cause against the Israeli occupation when South Africa recognized the Palestinian state in 1995 and established diplomatic relations with it.

On his part, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Faisal Miqdad told reporters after the lecture that Nelson Mandela International Day reminds the world’s peoples of struggle against apartheid, citing that Syria was part and parcel of this struggle.

He, in addition, talked about the strong relations between Syria and South Africa and their coordination in international meetings, hoping that scientific, cultural and economic cooperation will continue with South Africa after the elimination of terrorism in Syria.

The Rector of Damascus University Dr. Maher Qabaqibi asserted that Nelson Mandela is an international symbol of the struggle for justice, equality, and dignity.

The United Nations General Assembly officially declared the day in November 2009, and the first UN Mandela Day was held on July 18, 2010.

Basma Qaddour

You might also like
National

The arrival of students coming from terrorist -controlled areas to Aleppo city to do…

National

Syria’s permanent delegation to UN: Results of American investigations into…

National

Lecture on Chilean Philosophy at Damascus University

National

Nebenzia: The US occupation forces plunder Syria’s resources and prevent…

.. _copyright: Copyright ========= .. code-block:: none Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Marc Delisle Olivier Müller Robin Johnson Alexander M. Turek Michal Čihař Garvin Hicking Michael Keck Sebastian Mendel [check credits for more details] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . Third party licenses ++++++++++++++++++++ phpMyAdmin includes several third-party libraries which come under their respective licenses. jQuery's license, which is where we got the files under js/vendor/jquery/ is (MIT|GPL), a copy of each license is available in this repository (GPL is available as LICENSE, MIT as js/vendor/jquery/MIT-LICENSE.txt). The download kit additionally includes several composer libraries. See their licensing information in the vendor/ directory.