Syria, FAO discuss enhancing cooperation, expanding FAO’s role in Syria

Minister of Agriculture Muhammad Hassan Qatana and Director- General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu, during their meeting on Friday discussed means of enhancing cooperation and expanding FAO’s activities in Syria.

The meeting was held at the conclusion of FAO 43rd conference.

Qatana briefed Dongyu on the agricultural situation in Syria, security food and the difficulties that face this sector.

He called on FAO technical staff to cooperate with Syria in the sectors of agriculture, forests, pastures, livestock and water, and asked the regional director of the organization to provide high-level technicians to develop work in Syria.

Dingyu , for his part, stressed FAO’s readiness to provide support for Syria, expressing his confidence in the ability of Syria, as people and government, to overcome the crisis and restore its important position in the region.

Qatana invited the FAO director to visit Syria to see the impacts left by terrorism on agriculture and to know about the steadfastness of the Syrian people and farmers, who have continued with their adherence to their land and with their process of production despite all the difficulties and challenges they faced as a result of the war and the ongoing siege.

Hamda Mustafa

 

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