New York-Sana
The meeting, which was held between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Dr. Faisal Miqdad, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, dealt with the latest developments in occupied Palestine and the ongoing Israeli aggression against it.
President Abbas reviewed the efforts made by Palestine on the international arena and at the United Nations to defend the rights of the Palestinian people.
For his part, Minister Miqdad stressed Syria's condemnation of the Israeli occupation practices against the Palestinians, including continuous attacks, settlement policies, Judaization, siege, arbitrary arrest, forced displacement and racial discrimination. The right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland.
Miqdad indicated that Syria supports the State of Palestine's approach to obtaining full membership in the United Nations.
Minister Miqdad also met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Nikola Silakovic, where the two ministers reviewed developments in the international arena, as well as ways to develop bilateral relations between the two friendly countries at various political, economic and cultural levels. They also discussed the results of the meetings held by Minister Miqdad with Serbian officials during his visit to Belgrade in last October.
Minister Miqdad presented the latest developments related to the situation in Syria, praising Serbia's supportive stances for Syria in its war against terrorism.
For his part, Minister Silakovich stressed his country's support for restoring security and stability in Syria and ridding it of terrorism, stressing the need to respect Syria's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
The two meetings were attended by Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, Director of the Organizations Department, Rania Al-Hajj Ali, and Al-Hakam Dundee, Deputy Permanent Representative, and Wahab Hamed from the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.
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