The 3rd International Trade Union Forum for solidarity with the workers and People of Syria against the economic blockade, imperialist interventions and terrorism takes place in Damascus, Syria hosted by GFTU Syria and in cooperation with the WFTU and ICATU.
Trade Unionists from the Arab countries and all over the world massively participate in the Forum while the WFTU delegation is headed by its General Secretary, comrade George Mavrikos.
This morning the opening ceremony took place with the presence of the Prime Minister, Imad Khamisand and other high officials of the Arab Syrian Republic.
Comrade George Mavrikos delivered a speech stressing the importance of the internationalist solidarity for the Syrian workers and for all the peoples who face imperialist interventions and called on for the end of interventions and sanctions against the peoples, who must decide by themselves for their own present and future.