Exercising its strategic autonomy, India has consistently opposed unilateral regime change by force and external intervention, and opposed or abstained from moves that either condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or called for him to step down.
Syrian Foreign minister Fayssal Mekdad has appreciated Indian support to his country amid the decade-long crisis it has been facing. In an exclusive interview with WION correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Mekdad said: "You know at a time humanity doesn't mean anything for western power, we found all human noble concepts prevailing in Indian foreign policy. It's not only Syria but any country suffering."
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India is delivering 2,000 tonnes of rice as a response to the request for emergency humanitarian assistance from the Syrian government
India has once again stepped up to help a country in need. This time, India is gifting 2,000 tonnes of rice to Syria where people have been starving due to economic collapse and constant violence.
The war-torn country has been struggling to meet ends meet with the majority of the population falling below the poverty line.
In order to help the ailing country, India is delivering 2,000 tonnes of rice as a response to the request for emergency humanitarian assistance from the Syrian government, the external affairs ministry said.