The 4th Syrian-Russian Joint Meeting started activities on Tuesday in Damascus to follow up on the International Conference on Return of Syrian Refugees and Displaced.

Within the framework of the meeting, several sessions, meetings and joint activities between the Syrian and Russian sides are being held today at the Conferences Palace in Damascus and in several other provinces, with the aim of reaching cooperation agreements in several areas and distributing humanitarian aid in several regions.

The activities of the three-day meeting include a joint session of the Syrian and Russian ministerial coordination bodies, in the presence of representatives of the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations, at the Umayyad Palace of Conferences.

The activities of the meeting will also include joint meetings between the two sides in different provinces within the sectors of economy, trade, higher education, education, health, communications, justice, culture, local administration, environment, energy, agriculture, agrarian reform, transport and industry, in addition to activities for distributing humanitarian aid and school books in several regions.

The International Conference on Return of Syrian Refugees was held in November of the year 2020, where its final statement affirmed Syria’s readiness to return its citizens to the homeland and to continue efforts to provide them with decent living conditions.

Source: National News Agency