Damascus-SANA
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Dr. Faisal Al-Miqdad, and the Minister of Agriculture and Forests of the Republic of Sudan, Dr. Abu Bakr Omar Al-Bishri, stressed the importance of cooperation between Arab countries affected by the effects of climate change.
During their meeting today, the two ministers referred to the role of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) in enhancing this cooperation, exchanging agricultural experiences, and encouraging the establishment of joint projects in the fields of environmental protection, combating climate change, drought and dust storms, and combating desertification.
Minister Al-Miqdad presented the catastrophic impact of the terrorist war on Syria, and the negative effects it left on various economic sectors, including the agricultural sector in particular, referring to the negative effects of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States and the European Union on the Syrian people, in addition to the continuous looting it is carrying out. The American and Turkish occupation forces of underground wealth and strategic crops such as wheat.
In turn, Minister Al-Bishri drew attention to Sudan's initiative for food security and the efforts of the Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in sustainable development, expressing his hope to strengthen and develop the capabilities of the Arab Center for the Study of Arid Zones and Dry Lands, and to benefit from the experiences of the two countries in the agricultural sector and sustainable development.
The meeting was attended from the Syrian side by Ambassador Riyad Abbas, Director of the Department of Arab Affairs, and Rana Hassan Agha from the Minister’s office. It was also attended by Dr. Nasr Al-Din Al-Obaid, Director General of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands “ACSAD”, and from the Sudanese side, Eng. Abdullah Issa Zayed, Minister of Agriculture in the region. The Blue Nile, Engineer Al-Sadiq Muhammad Othman, Minister-designate, Director General of the Ministry of Production in the White Nile State, and Engineer Abdel-Moneim Hassan Khalifa, Minister-designate, Director-General of the Ministry of Production in the state of Gezira.
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