Mikdad during the meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative: Western countries must stop politicizing development issues

During his participation last night in the ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative called by the Chinese Foreign Minister, in implementation of the initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, which was launched at the 76th session of the General Assembly, Al-Miqdad affirmed Syria’s support for this initiative, which contributes to addressing the economic challenges it faces. It targets the countries of the world, especially the developing countries, to meet their development aspirations, to strengthen the development partnership in an equal and balanced manner at the global level, and to move forward in the correct implementation of the 2030 sustainable development plan.

Miqdad explained that Syria stresses the need to push forward this important initiative, given the unprecedented economic challenges the world is witnessing, whether those related to the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, declining food security or endangering energy supplies, calling for rejection of the economic blockade imposed by Western countries and stop their unilateral, inhumane and coercive measures that are in violation of international law.

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