Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Faysal Mikdad, participated in the First Ministerial meeting of “the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations” held on Thursday in the presence of Foreign Ministers of 18 countries.

Minister Mikdad referred to the challenges that encounter a number of member states, among them Syria, on top, the danger of terrorism which is backed some UN member states and the coercive unilateral measures in addition to attempts of intervention in domestic affairs in a flagrant violation of UN charter and international law.

Other Ministers affirmed that the UN charter still is the superior document at the international level to which all should adhere and defend.