(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Al-Saad explained that the value of the humanitarian assistance provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for brotherly Syrians amounted to about $ 700 million according to statistics of the third International Donors Conference held in the State of Kuwait on March 31 2015 to support the humanitarian situation in Syria including government aid and the popular campaign which was launched in 2012 under the title of "National Campaign to Support Brothers in Syria." The humanitarian aid also included providing food health residential and educational services as well as the establishment of Saudi specialist clinics in various refugee camps most important of which is Al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan and in the border crossings refugee camps as these specialized clinics were able to provide all kinds of vaccines preventive treatments medical care and surgical procedures. Furthermore the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia paid for other campaigns to accommodate a large number of special humanitarian cases of Syrian families in both Lebanon and Syria.
Al-Saad said "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned about the increasing hostile racist and inhuman rhetoric against refugees in general and Muslim refugees in particular and we call on states and humanitarian agencies civil society organizations and the media to abandon any racist speech and contribute to raising awareness and responsibility in order to provide the necessary protection for the displaced and refugees who fled the fire of unfair authorities and terrorist groups."
Al-Saad added "My country's delegation would like to emphasize some important points: concrete steps must be taken to address this humanitarian disaster and not just words of sympathy and expressions of concern. We must not allow fear from the risk of terrorist attacks and the escalation of racist rhetoric to make us loose the spirit of solidarity with refugees and provide them with protection and not subject them to persecution and discrimination in accordance with international law and humanitarian norms. We must work to find appropriate international mechanisms according to the standards of assuming common responsibility among countries."
Al-Saad concluded "The most important thing we can do to resolve the refugee issue is to address the root causes of the crises that cause them to seek refuge outside their home countries. Most important of them are political crises. Therefore once again we recall our call for serious work towards a political solution to the Syrian crisis according to Geneva Declaration-1 promptly and practically and not just by slogans or attempts to circumvent the will of the Syrian people prolong the human suffering and increase numbers of Syrian refugees.
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23:59 LOCAL TIME 20:59 GMT
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