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Lazzarini visits Turkey for high-level meetings … details
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, completed on Tuesday a two-day visit to Ankara, Turkey, during which he met with the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, senior representatives from Turkish support institutions, and Turkish parliamentarians to increase cognition of the current challenges facing Palestine refugees and examine developing UNRWA-Turkey relations.
Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu stated, “The essential services provided by the Agency contribute to the stability and security of the region. Our political and financial support to UNRWA will continue.”
The Commissioner-General meeting discussions concentrated on the deteriorating situation and increasing needs of Palestine refugees, including the result of the pandemic and the Ukraine crisis, particularly on the cost of UNRWA delivery of crisis food assistance in Gaza, and ways in which the full cooperation and partnership with Turkey can be further supported.
“Turkey’s generosity and unwavering political and financial support have once again helped to ensure the continued delivery of UNRWA services to Palestine refugees at a time of increasing needs and rising costs. I remain deeply appreciative of the Government of Turkey for its continued efforts and look forward to further developing our important partnership to the benefit of Palestine refugees served by the Agency,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini said.
The Government of Turkey has been a loyal partner to UNRWA and since 1949 has played a vital role in helping the Agency. Turkey’s aid in multilateral platforms, including the UN, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and the Organization of Turkic States, as well as its direct financial donations to UNRWA, are highly appreciated. For more than the last four years, Turkey has made annual donations in the amount of $10 million in support of the Agency’s core budget, and in 2021 made an in-kind grant worth $10.3 million for Palestine refugees in Gaza.
Source: wafa
