Syria’s Minister of Emergency Management and Disaster Response, Raed al-Saleh, met a Ukrainian delegation in Damascus to discuss expanding cooperation on clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), the ministry said.
The Ukrainian delegation was led by Ihor Bezkrovainyi, director of Ukraine’s Humanitarian Demining Center and deputy minister of economy and agriculture. Talks focused on strengthening Syria’s National Mine Action Center by drawing on Ukraine’s wartime experience in large-scale demining operations. Al-Saleh said reconstruction efforts in Syria cannot move forward without surveying and clearing mine-contaminated areas to ensure civilian safety.
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Source: SANA News
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