Damascus, June 20 (SANA) Minister of Endowments Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri met with Vatican Ambassador to Syria Archbishop Luigi Roberto Cona on Saturday to discuss ways to enhance joint cooperation, the ministry said.
During the meeting at the ministry‘s headquarters in Damascus, both sides affirmed the importance of entrenching the values of dialogue and coexistence to strengthen civil peace and consolidate a culture of mutual respect among different components of society, according to a ministry statement on Telegram.
Archbishop Cona presented his credentials as Vatican ambassador to Syria to Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani on June 7.
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