Moscow – The Minister of Tourism Bishr Yazigi discussed here with the head of the Federal Agency for Tourism in Russia Oleg Savonov the development of cooperation between the Syrian companies and their Russian counterparts working in the field of tourism, travel and tourism investment.

The two sides also discussed cooperation in the field of tourism and hotel training and study the possibility of establishing a joint Syrian-Russian company to develop tourism work.

Aleppo, (ST) – The Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Dr. Abdullah Al Gharbi called on members of the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce to translate the activities of economic and commercial activities into concrete projects that contribute to the development of economic and industrial sectors.

HOMS- With the participation of about 100 companies and under the title ‘our industry is our future’, “Made in Syria” expo kicked off on Thursday in cooperation between Homs and Damascus Industry Chambers, SANA reported.

The expo includes food industries, canned tomato, clothes, cleaning materials, perfumes, and other materials with 25%discounts.

Governor of Homs Talal al-Barazi said that Homs is recovering quickly, and this recovery has provided opportunities to exchange national goods and products among provinces, hailing the efforts of the expo’s managers of Homs and Damascus chamber of Industry.

Aleppo, (ST) - The Second Conference on Renewable Energies, held by the Renewable Energy Research Center at the University of Aleppo, took place recently at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

The President of the University of Aleppo, Dr. Mustafa Avioni stressed the keenness of the participants in the conference to direct education and scientific research towards community service and the process of reconstruction and the development of applied scientific research and activate the role of the university in the face of future requirements and new horizons, pointing out that the University of Aleppo is working to complete a project to feed 25 blocks of construction of the facilities of the University with renewable energy.

MOSCOW – The Syrian-Russian Businessmen Forum launched its activities on Monday as a step to improve the level of joint work through the contribution of Russian private sector companies as well as Russian government institutions to Syria’s reconstruction process.

The Forum is held at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Moscow with the participation of 281 Russian businessmen and 120 Syrian ones along with representatives of several Syrian governmental bodies concerned in the economic issues, according to SANA.