Day: September 23, 2021

ABU DHABI, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Umaro Cissoko Embalo of Guinea-Bissau on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day, which is marked on 24th September.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, dispatched similar messages to President Embalo and to the country’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam.

Source: Emirates News Agency

Jeddah, Riyadh, The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, has valued the generous support being provided by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and HRH the Crown Prince for OIC to fully assume its responsibilities.

On the occasion of the Kingdom’s 91st National Day, Dr. Al-Othaimeen commended the great contributions being provided by the Kingdom for joint Islamic action and the issues of the Islamic nation, pointing to the religious, political and economic position that the Kingdom enjoys.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

DUBAI, flydubai today announced that it has resumed its operations to Prague and Zagreb, with plans to operate up to five weekly flights from Dubai International (DXB) to Prague International Airport (PRG) and twice weekly flights to Franjo Tudman Airport Zagreb (ZAG).

flydubai will increase the frequency of its operations to ZAG to four weekly flights from December this year.

Commenting on the resumption of flights to Prague and Zagreb, Hamad Obaidalla, Chief Commercial Officer at flydubai, said, “We are excited to resume operations to Croatia and the Czech Republic which are two popular destinations on the flydubai network.”

With international travel restrictions gradually easing, flydubai has grown its network to over 95 destinations 50 countries across Africa, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Central and South-East Europe, the GCC and the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent.

The restart of flydubai’s operations to the Czech and Croatian markets will enable more people to travel to Dubai as Expo 2020 Dubai opens its doors to visitors from beginning of October.

Source: Emirates News Agency

Dubai, Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Tammam Raad, has discussed with Minister of Energy and Infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates Suhail Al Mazrouei ways to enhance joint cooperation between the two countries in various fields, especially water and energy.

The talks were held during a meeting between the two sides on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Trade Center in Dubai on the sidelines of the meetings of the Fifth Arab Water Forum.

Raad stressed that the Syrian government, despite the unjust war, unilateral coercive measures and the systematic sabotage of infrastructure by terrorist organizations, still supports irrigation projects and provides water for the irrigation of agricultural crops for free, in addition to the construction of many dams and irrigation networks, and supervising and fully supporting the drinking water sector.

Minister Raad expressed Syria’s desire to enhance and activate cooperation with the United Arab Emirates.

For his part, Al Mazrouei said that the UAE believes in the joint Arab action, especially in the water sector, and that it welcomes doing what is necessary to transfer the Emirati experience in the field of privatizing vital sectors, exchanging experiences and providing support for investment projects in Syria.

Al Mazrouei stressed that Syria is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and an important tourist destination for many, and that the UAE is ready to contribute to the reconstruction with the aim of enhancing development in Syria and returning the situation to what it was before the crisis.

The two sides agreed to continue communication and enhance prospects for cooperation between the two countries.

Source: Syria Arab News Agency

New York, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, has reiterated the need to lift the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States and some Western states on Syria, stressing at the same time the necessity to increase aid provided to the Syrian people.

In response to a question by the Russian Sputnik News Agency about whether other countries should increase the volume of aid to Syria, Mikdad said, “Of course yes… the sanctions imposed by the United States, as well as unilateral coercive measures, are stifling the Syrian people.”

In another context, Minister Mikdad renewed Syria’s demand for the withdrawal of the Turkish occupation forces from the lands it occupies, saying “The main reason for the escalation in Idleb region is the Turkish occupation and the support Turkey provides to terrorist organizations there.”

Turkey should withdraw immediately and the international community should support Syria’s efforts to liberate the occupied lands north of the country, Mikdad said.

The Foreign and Expatriates Minister added that he intends to meet his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss bilateral relations and the situation in the Middle East.

He noted that the discussions between the two sides “will focus on the outstanding relations between Russia and Syria, as well as coordination between the two countries and the United Nations and the situation in the region as a whole.”

Mikdad also indicated that he intends to meet the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on the sidelines of the General Assembly, to assure him of “Syria’s desire to build better relations with the international organization.”

We will ask the United Nations to play the role of the United Nations and uphold the United Nations Charter and its core principles, and we will stress that we strive for a better relationship with the United Nations system, Mikdad said.

Source: Syria Arab News Agency

Geneva, Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Houssam al-Din Ala , affirmed that the hostile method adopted by Commission of Inquiry on Syria and its abstention from acknowledging its right and duty in liberating its lands and protecting its people from actions of occupation and crimes of terrorist groups make its reports lack processional or objectivity.

Ala expressed regret as “meetings and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council turned into a platform and a tool for defaming countries based on fabricated reports.

“The determination of the Council’s mechanisms to ignore the US, Turkish and Israeli attacks, as well as their logistical and military support for terrorist groups that practice killing and terror against Syrians is a questionable matter,” Ala said in a statement about Item 4 of “the report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria.”

He added that the continuous looting of Syria’s oil and wheat and smuggling them via borders is done in collusion with the US occupation which deprives the Syrians from their national resources.

Ambassador Ala affirmed that unilateral coercive economic measures imposed on Syria were the reason behind the suffering of the citizens, adding they negatively affect their livelihood and efforts exerted to recover from the crisis.

Source: Syria Arab News Agency