Day: April 20, 2023

Employees at several airports in Germany walked off the job on Thursday as part of ongoing wage disputes between public sector workers and employers.

The actions at airports in Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne/Bonn are scheduled for both Thursday and Friday, while workers at Stuttgart airport are set to strike on Friday, German news agency (dpa) reported.

The strike will affect aviation security, passenger and goods control, as well as other service personnel positions.

Passengers have been told to expect widespread delays and cancellations, with airport association ADV estimating about 700 flights will be scrubbed from the schedules.

German services sector trade union Verdi and the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies have made little headway in negotiations concerning bonuses for night, weekend and holiday work.

The workers are also seeking a better collective agreement on overtime pay for security and service staff at commercial airports.

Negotiations are to continue on April 27 and 28.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Fayssal Mikdad, met with Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander V. Yakovenko and the accompanying delegation.

The two sides exchanged views on various issues among which the geopolitical developments and the changing world order and its regional and international implications.

Minister Mikdad emphasized the similar stances of Syria and the Russian Federation and their support for International Law and its principle of fairness and equality among states.

Furthermore, Foreign and Expatriates Minister pointed out that the West is struggling for political and economic hegemony over other countries, thus, imposing unilateral coercive measures on Syria and the Russian Federation, aiming at undermining and impoverishing their own people.

Rector Yakovenko, for his part, said that the foremost changes taking place in the global arena are those economic, financial, political, and technological ones.

Such changes lead countries of the world to seek economic alternatives and to break free from the Western financial hegemony and economic predominance, namely, the unilateral coercive measures.

He also asserted that the US is the biggest beneficiary of conflicts throughout the world, hence fueling wars among countries to maintain the dollar’s global hegemony.

In the meanwhile, both sides agreed upon promoting cooperation and sharing expertise.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev conveyed to Syria’s Ambassador in Moscow Dr. Bashar al-Ja’afari congratulations of his country’s head to President Bashar al-Assad on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

During the meeting held Thursday at the Syrian Embassy in Moscow, Dzhioevand and al-Ja’afari reviewed the development of bilateral ties, where the two sides have attached great importance on boosting bilateral cooperation on various levels, on top the economic and commercial ones.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

The Syrian community in Chile reaffirmed support and solidarity with Homeland, Syria, in the face of terrorism, expressing confidence in victory over this terrorism and its supporters.

The Syrian community held a mass event on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Independence Day, which was organized by the community at the United Syrian Club headquarters in Santiago, and was attended by a large crowd of members of the diplomatic corps and a representative of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Relations.

Chargé d’Affairs of the Syrian Embassy in Santiago, Ghassan Anjiri referred in a speech to the importance of this occasion, which reflects the Syrian people’s faith in their homeland and independence, and building the future with the Syrians abroad who have always supported their country’s national causes.

For his part, representative of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Relations, Ambassador Juan Manuel Pino Vasquez, congratulated Syria and the Syrian community on the occasion of Independence Day, wishing the best relations between the two countries and emphasizing Syria’s status and historical importance.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency