The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is discussing with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ways to increase cooperation and create conditions for voluntary return.
The Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration for International Cooperation Affairs, Kutaiba Kadish, spoke today with the Assistant High Commissioner for Operations at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Anton Lis Garcia, about the way of cooperation and joint coordination between the Ministry and the Commission and the ways to develop it.
The meeting dealt with the issue of refugees and the creation of appropriate conditions for their voluntary, safe and sustainable return, while emphasizing the importance of supporting economic development, basic services and livelihood opportunities to increase the path of return and ensure its sustainability.
The meeting confirmed the role of the United Nations High Commission in protecting the rights of refugees and advocating for them in countries of refuge, maintaining their right to a voluntary, safe and sustainable return to their homeland, and contributing to the creation of the necessary conditions for this in coordination with the relevant national authorities.