Damascus - The Syrian-Russian Joint committee for displaced Syrians discussed on Thursday measures taken to facilitate return of the displaced Syrians abroad.

Minister of Local Administration and Environment Hussein Makhlouf, who heads the committee affirmed that the Syrian government has adopted all the procedures to ensure the return of the displaced Syrians who are willing to return their home, SANA reported.

He indicated that the rehabilitation processes of infrastructure and public facilities in the areas liberated from terrorism are moving ahead.

DAMASCUS- As the 60th Damascus International Fair approaches, preparations are drawing to a close amid intensive efforts and continuous pace of work with the participation of 48 countries and 1700 local, Arab and international companies and a number of businessmen from abroad, according to SANA.

Director of the General Establishment for Exhibitions and International Markets Fares Kartli affirmed that this edition of the Fair has a wide and diverse international participation as 48 countries have confirmed participation, 23 of which are official and 25 are companies, SANA said.

 MOSCOW - The 60^th session of the Damascus International Fair, is one of the biggest events in the Middle East region and will constitute a new phase in economic cooperation between Russia and Syria and the event will witness signing significant bilateral agreements between the countries, the Russian newspaper “Izvestia” stressed.

 In its issue on Wednesday, Izvestia published an article entitled "Exhibition of Available Opportunities", in which the newspaper explained that the Russian pavilion at the exhibition this year will occupy an area of more than 500 square meters and will include a forum for Syrian and Russian businessmen including a plenary session on " Syrian- Russian Commercial and Industrial Dialogue on topics such as agriculture, trade, industry, energy, infrastructure reconstruction, transport, communications and others.

 Damascus-The first Arab private plane belonging to “Fly Baghdad” Company landed Monday evening at the Damascus International Airport coming from Najaf Airport, carrying some 140 passengers.

 Ground Operations Manager at Fly Baghdad Compay, Ghazwan Ramadan, confirmed upon the arrival of the plane to Damascus International Airport that the journey today paves for the return of air traffic to Syria, indicating that work has been started to launch regular flights from Iraq to Syria and vice versa at the rate of 4 weekly flights, from Baghdadto Damascus and from Damascus to Najaf with Boeing "700-737" aircraft, "AG149".

DAMASCUS- Chinese companies are ready to actively participate in the reconstruction phase in Syria with the country’s going ahead in restoring stability and aspiring for economic recovery.

Economic and Commercial Counselor of Chinese Embassy in Damascus told SANA that his country attaches great importance to Chinese-Syrian economic and trade cooperation and encourages Chinese companies to actively participate in the reconstruction phase in Syria.

According to SANA, Counselor Cui Bin considered that Damascus International Fair in its 60th edition as an important platform and opportunity to enhance economic and trade cooperation between Syria and China.