Members of the new Syrian government sworn in before President Al-Assad

Members of the new Syrian government, led by Prime Minister, Eng. Hussein Arnous, were sworn in on Saturday before President Bashar Al-Assad.

Following the oath-taking ceremony, President Al-Assad held a meeting with members of the new government during which he stressed that “priority during the previous period was given to restoring security. Today priority is given to production and work as production is necessary for continuous stability, particularly after most of the Syrian territories have been liberated from terrorism.” 

He urged partnership between the government and the people’s commissions and initiatives, as well as individuals and specialists to achieve the hoped for success, because expanding the people’s participation means having more ideas that can reduce efforts and help the officials in the government reach a solution, calling for adopting transparency as a principle and for sharing information with citizens.

Presdient Al-Assad said that “as a government, the most important point is to specify what challenges we are facing and to try to solve them. As a government we should not accept to restore Syria to the pre-war situation, we should lead Syria to where it should be at this period of time. This can be realized either through government reform or through reforming the state’s institutions which is a task that we have started during the war, through supporting the e-government, digital transformation, e-payment and other electronic services.”