Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus, SANA- Assistant Foreign and Expatriates Minister Ayman Sosan said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working hard to facilitate the evacuation of Syrians stranded abroad due to the measures taken to combat Coronavirus.
In a statement to SANA on Saturday, Sosan added that “based on what we have received from embassies, several flights were organized by the Syrian airlines to the various places where the Syrians are present. Several flights arrived, as it is expected that two will arrive today to Damascus, one from the Sultanate of Oman and the second from Sudan.”
On Sunday, he added, a plane is scheduled to arrive from Russia as two will arrive on Tuesday from Sharjah Airport in the United Arab Emirates.
Sosan pointed out that there are other flights during the upcoming days from Baghdad, Erbil and Kuwait.
Concerning the Syrian citizens stuck in Europe, he said that the European Union, which, due to the sanctions, refused to provide medicine and medical equipment necessary for Syria to face the Corona epidemic, is definitely moving in the same direction with regard to returning the Syrian citizens.
Sosan stressed that upon their arrival, all citizens will be subject to the necessary health tests and then transferred to the quarantine centers.
He clarified that despite the circumstances of the terrorist war on Syria and the unjust measures, the Syrian state will bear the costs of quarantine, including food, health services and hotels.
Sosan pointed out that the unilateral coercive economic measures imposed on Syria impede the provision of the necessary capabilities to face this epidemic, stressing that the sanctions in light of this epidemic constitute a crime against humanity because it directly targets the Syrians in their lives.
Despite the voices raised in a number of countries demanding the lifting of these sanctions on Syria, Iran, Venezuela, and Russia, but the West paid no heed to these calls, he said.
Sousan indicated to the success of the measures taken by the government quickly to limit the spread of the virus in Syria.
He expressed his hope that infections will remain at the minimum level, underlining the need to prepare for all possibilities.
Gh.A.Hassoun
