Damascus is working to create favorable conditions in the country to accelerate the repatriation of refugees who fled from the civil war in Syria to other states, so that they could join the economically active population and contribute to the country's postwar reconstruction, Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Riyad Haddad said on Monday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 08th April, 2019) Damascus is working to create favorable conditions in the country to accelerate the repatriation of refugees who fled from the civil war in Syria to other states, so that they could join the economically active population and contribute to the country's postwar reconstruction, Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Riyad Haddad said on Monday."Syria is currently working on returning hundreds of thousands of our refugees and migrants ... by establishing the necessary social, medical and humanitarian conditions [for their repatriation]. These people must return to the country as active members of society and participate in the reconstruction of Syria and work to return the economic and trade stability [to the country]," Haddad said at the 12th session of the Russian-Arab business Council.
The ambassador added that Damascus was grateful to Russia for fighting terrorism in the Arab country.
"Thanks to the strength of our people, military and leadership, as well as sincere help of our friends, with Russia at the helm, we were able to defeat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations almost completely," Haddad said.
Since last July, almost 182,000 Syrians have returned to their home country from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon, which host a significant share of all Syrian refugees, according to the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring in Syria.
At the same time, over 6.6 million officially registered Syrian refugees remain in 45 states across the world.
