Orfali: Continued Support to Investments

Damascus, (ST)- The Board of Directors of the Syrian Investment Associatio held recently a meeting and discussed the issues that hinder the investment activity, simplifying procedures, networking project and the investment budget.

During the meeting, the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Khaider Orfali said  there will be an extensive simlification process of procedures within the framework of the Commission’s work and will continue to support and encourage investment as they play a significant role in generating employment opportunities, especially as the investment map in Syria is promising, pointing to the importance of development work according to the principle of development and participatory.

Mr. Orfali clarified the need that the next investment projects have to play play an important role in the reconstruction phase, referring to acts of vandalism caused to infrastructure and existing investment projects.

For her part, Director of the Syrian Investment, Haleh Ghazal, explained that work is currently seeks finding solutions to the problems that hinder the work of investment producing projects.

 The members of the Board of Directors discussed a number of topics related to the work of the Association including signing memoranda of understanding.

It is worthy mentioned, that the creation of the Syrian Investment Association came in the context of development and improvement of the investment climate in Syria and the implementation of national investment policies by simplifying procedures for investors through a single window service and preparation of the investment map and the Syrian track implementation of projects in order to overcome the obstacles facing them and to promote the investment environment in Syria.  

Sharif al -Khatib