The value of profits achieved by the General Company for Cables Industry in Damascus during the first quarter of this year exceeded 6,770 billion Syrian pounds, while the company sold during the same period 859 tons of various types of cables worth 23,744 billion pounds, with an implementation rate of 99 percent.

According to the production and marketing report of the company,  Damascus Cables produced 948 tons of various cables with a value of 30.074 billion pounds, at an implementation rate of 125 percent.

Prime Minister, Engineer Hussein Arnous, visited on Wednesday evening the Ramadan Festival “Syria brings us together” held in the old Exhibitions Fairground in Damascus. He toured a number of pavilions and was briefed on discount offers offered by the participating industrial and commercial companies.

In a statement to the reporters after the tour, Engineer Arnous stressed the importance of the festival as it offers a large variety of goods that satisfy the tastes of consumers. The festival  embodies the need for all participants to cooperate in alleviating the economic burdens on citizens, Arnous added, noting the efforts made by the national business sector, exhibitors and the Syrian Trade Establishment in this festival.

On April 13th, the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Eng. Muhammad Hassan Qatana, met with the Deputy Country Director of the World Food Program of the United Nations in Damascus, Ross Smith.

The two sides discussed the implemented projects and the priorities of cooperation for the next stage, especially in the areas of plant and animal production, agricultural research and rural development and difficulties.

Minister Qatana pointed to the great interest that the organization attaches to the water sector and the need for diversity in the distribution of financial resources in accordance with the policies of the Ministry of Agriculture, so that cooperation includes all areas that serve the agricultural sector and producers and contribute to improving their income and increasing production.