Industrialists call for securing raw materials for textile industries, and following up reconstruction projects in Aleppo

Aleppo, (ST) – During their meeting with the Ministerial Committee in charge of following up the reconstruction and construction projects in Aleppo, the members of the Aleppo Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and bank managers focused on the necessity of issuing legislation and laws involved with the conditions of regions affected by terrorism and exempting all these regions from fees and fines.

The participants called for providing the rest of the industrial areas with electricity, securing the primary materials for the textile industries, paying attention to the handicraft industries in the Ramosa area, in addition to providing facilities for the food industries.

The merchants  of Aleppo demanded  that the status of internal financial transfers be tackled  and  that facilities for importing goods be provided .

They demanded also to tackle the situation of retired tourist guides and the formation of a tourism committee at the governorate level to study the reality of tourism investment and tourist archaeological sites, activate commercial markets in areas liberated from terrorism and pay compensation to those whose tourism facilities  were affected as a result of terrorism.

Eng. Hussein Arnous, Minister of Water Resources, the head of the Ministerial Committee affirmed the government’s interest in the economic, commercial and agricultural situations that are witnessing remarkable development, as the number of industrial and craftsmanship facilities that have been rehabilitated has reached 18,000 and the number of  working factories in the Industrial City in Sheikh Najjar has reached 600.

The Minister of Electricity, Eng. Muhammad Zuhair Kharbutli affirmed the keenness of the government to deliver electricity to each industrial facility. 

He added that the Ministry of Electricity has planned for this year the installation of 400 electrical transfer centers.

During his meeting with workers at the General Electricity Company of Aleppo, Minister, Kharbutli stressed the need to double the efforts to secure electrical energy for the entire city of Aleppo, as it is an important industrial city, which contributes to the rotation of the production wheel.

In turn, the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Dr. Muhammad Samer al-Khalil, spoke about the government’s economic policies that support production and facilities granted to industrialists.

Raghda Sawas