FM congratulates UN High Commissioner on World Refugee Day
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Jamal Amer sent a congratulatory message to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on the occasion of World Refugee Day.
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