The Cabinet reviews various ministries’ work programs for the next stage according to contents of President Bashar Al-Assad’s speech

 Prime Minister Engineer Hussein Arnous, confirmed that President Bashar al-Assad’s speech to the members of the People’s Assembly was characterized by comprehensiveness, clarity, stability and transparency .The speech has contents and goals that the government team must translate into an executive program of action at the level of each Ministry.

During his chairmanship of the Cabinet’s weekly session today, Eng. Arnous underlined the importance of focusing on enhancing the productive process, developing public and private investments, expanding the base of micro, small and medium enterprises, restructuring the agricultural sector, supporting family farming, facilitating the return of farmers to their lands, developing the food industry sector, and intensifying steps to combat corruption, institutionally and administratively.

During the session, the ministers presented interventions focusing on the work program of each ministry with the aim of putting the directives of President Bashar Al-Assad into effect. The Council discussed the work axes for the next phase in preparation for approval within executive programs that directly reflect on improving the standard of living, supporting the national economy and implementing projects that achieve self-sufficiency. Dealing with unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people was also put on the table.

The Cabinet reviewed a draft law exempting production requirements and raw materials used in the manufacture of medicinal and preventive veterinary materials from customs duties and all other taxes and fees imposed on import, with the aim of providing preventive medicines and vaccines to secure health protection for livestock and contribute to reducing animal production costs.

The Cabinet asked all ministries to give priority to reforming heavy engineering machinery. and agreed to grant the Food Industries Corporation an advance of one billion Syrian pounds to enhance the production of its subsidiaries of consumer and agricultural materials. The Cabinet requested the Ministry of Internal Trade to equip Talakalakh mill within a year.

The Cabinet stressed the need to continue applying precautionary measures to address the Corona epidemic in various sectors of work, production and services in terms of social distancing and the use of masks.

Inas Abdulkareem