President Bashar al-Assad considered that the economic and political crises and other problems facing the peoples of the world have proven that countries cannot achieve self-sufficiency in terms of food on their own, and there is no solution except through agricultural solidarity, especially in agricultural societies, stressing that the agricultural sector, despite all the problems that However, it has proven to serve stability in situations of regional and global turmoil.
While receiving yesterday the ministers participating in the quartet meeting of Arab ministers of agriculture, which included Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, and which concluded its work in Damascus the day before yesterday, President al-Assad stressed that despite the development of technology, the additional challenges posed by climate change on the agricultural sector require joint regional efforts to mitigate the negative effects. For those changes in this sector, and to protect it as a major source of income and production, and to achieve food security for peoples.
President al-Assad referred to the memorandum of agricultural cooperation that was signed between the four countries, considering that it creates a common strategy for cooperation between our Arab countries, and if work is done to expand this cooperation and share it with neighboring countries, then there will be an agricultural and food safety net that serves the peoples of the entire region.
President al-Assad stressed that the agricultural sector, despite all the problems it faces, has proven that it serves stability in cases of regional and global turmoil, and therefore agriculture must remain one of the most important sectors of work and production that the Arab countries adhere to and work to develop to create investment opportunities in various aspects. this sector.
For their part, the Ministers of Agriculture considered that the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding constitutes an effective step in supporting the joint strategies of the four countries to serve issues of food security and agricultural trade between these countries as a first step, stressing the importance of working according to these agricultural strategies that will be achieved by the memorandum, as it guarantees non-interference with agricultural products and facilitates their exchange.