Damascus-SANA
Dr. Faisal Al-Miqdad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, received today a number of phone calls and messages from Arab ministers, and from the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Syria, in which they expressed their condolences, warm sympathy, and deep solidarity with the Syrian people, and the families of the victims and those affected by the earthquake that struck Syria at dawn yesterday. .
Minister Al-Miqdad received a phone call from Othman Al-Jarandi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad, who conveyed the condolences of Tunisian President Kais Saied and the government in Tunisia to the leadership and people of the Syrian Arab Republic, expressing feelings of sadness and sympathy, and the Tunisian leadership and people standing beside its sister Syria, and offering it Urgent humanitarian support for those affected by this earthquake to mitigate its disastrous effects.
Al-Miqdad also received a phone call from Naglaa Al-Mangoush, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the State of Libya, who conveyed the condolences of the Libyan leadership to President Bashar Al-Assad, and expressed the solidarity of the Libyan leadership and people with the Syrian Arab Republic in this calamity, stressing that it is the duty of the brothers to support each other in their struggle. These tribulations also expressed the readiness of the brothers in Libya to provide all humanitarian support to their brothers in Syria to overcome this catastrophe.
Ibrahim Ghandour, Sudanese Foreign Minister, made a phone call to Minister Mekdad, in which he expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, and his wishes for recovery for those injured in the earthquake that struck Syria, stressing that Sudan stands by Syria in this affliction.
Minister Al-Miqdad also received a phone call from Lieutenant General Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Nu'mani, Minister of the Royal Office in the Sultanate of Oman, where the Omani minister expressed his deep condolences to the government and people of the Syrian Arab Republic, stressing the support of the Sultanate of Oman and His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said to Syria, and its willingness to provide All the support needed to overcome the effects of this natural disaster.
Minister Mekdad had received a phone call from non Pedersen, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Syria, during which Pedersen expressed his deep sympathy and solidarity with Syria in this painful affliction, indicating his readiness to do what is necessary to mobilize support and aid for Syria to face the repercussions of this earthquake.
For his part, Minister Mekdad thanked the solidarity of brotherly and friendly countries with the Syrian leadership and people to confront this painful disaster, and assured the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations that this is the time to provide humanitarian aid, and not the time to impose sanctions that increase the suffering of the Syrian people as a result of this natural disaster.
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