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[00:00:00] We have attracted some cadres and engineers and made contracts for them as experts with good salaries, but
[00:00:04] station the majority of employees think that many of the employees who are protesting say, "Oh, I'm not going to
[00:00:07] work for 100 dollars, 120 dollars, and I don't know what." So he refused
[00:00:10] to enter the labor market. As a central ministry, we conducted many
[00:00:15] of water interviews in the competition. They said if the wages
[00:00:17] are like this, we cannot work. God willing, the salaries will reach good levels
[00:00:22] rely on like the other ministries that received qualitative increases. And I put this matter before
[00:00:25] the presidency, the Ministry of Finance, and the General Secretariat, and it is under
[00:00:28] study. The minister instructed to study the ministries
[00:00:32] We ask Your Excellency the Minister and the economy. It's the same thing. The Ministry of Economy is still saying the same thing, that it
[00:00:35] is striving for a law. Not all ministries received qualitative increases. They received
[00:00:39] 50%. This means that someone whose salary was 20 dollars became about 120 dollars.
[00:00:43] And this is true. My salary was 20-30 dollars, and it became 150 dollars. Regarding
[00:00:47] the other
[00:00:52] were not because, as was rumored issue, which is the infrastructure mentioned by Mr. Ahmed, of course, Mr. Ahmed and I discussed
[00:00:54] it a while ago, and he mentioned the same thing. He told me he wanted to mention it again. I told him
[00:00:58] it reached me, but if you want to mention it, you can also raise your voice
[00:01:02] if you want. No problem. The honorable members will hear you. So he mentioned it, and he told me,
[00:01:06] and I promised him a session, but now I've changed my mind.
[00:01:08] Not anymore.
[00:01:11] Minister, I agree with you. I
[00:01:14] it. And the news spread like promised him a special session to discuss these matters, but now I've withdrawn from it. Okay, regarding the issue
[00:01:18] of circuit breakers, infrastructure, and transformers,
[00:01:21] transformers, and so on. I mentioned it a while ago. I don't know, maybe the professor wasn't
[00:01:25] here or he left. We actually have our infrastructure
[00:01:28] destroyed, and its operational life has ended. This is the case for many
[00:01:32] power plants and transformer stations, and circuit breakers, and all of these
[00:01:36] matters. And many of the valves
[00:01:39] have reached the end of their operational life. But if I have
[00:01:42] a corruption case that has not yet been proven. I mean, it is still under investigation and appeared in the media. So they went and threatened the director. under his supervision, and he will solve this someone bleeding,
[00:01:44] between securing energy, bleeding and has a headache, I'll give him paracetamol and stop the
[00:01:47] bleeding. So I have other problems besides
[00:01:51] so we can celebrate. The story is not about what has finished its life. It's working, working perfectly, working, but I have
[00:01:54] suspended matters. 29% are out of service. I'm going
[00:01:58] to replace parts. The replacement is actually already working.
[00:02:02] No, that's a second stage. God willing, there are statistics for it and an evaluation for it.
[00:02:05] And it's a second stage within our plan. As for the employees in Raqqa, I
[00:02:09] don't know if there's a law that prevents the manager from being from outside the governorate.
[00:02:12] I'll abide by it. If there isn't, issue it. If the
[00:02:16] issue of legislation is with you, I'll abide
[00:02:19] and also the city of Manbij. Many by the legislation. By the way,
[00:02:22] the Assistant Minister for Planning and Institutional Excellence
[00:02:26] is Mr. Ibrahim
[00:02:28] segments of Al-Adhan, governor of Raqqa, from Raqqa.
[00:02:30] That is, the Assistant Minister is from Raqqa, and Raqqa, the people
[00:02:34] of Raqqa, I love Raqqa governorate and all Syrian governorates, but I
[00:02:37] lived in Raqqa, I lived in the governorate when I used to work at the Conoco factory,
[00:02:41] is called water resources in sorry, the Tuinan factory, I lived in Deir ez-Zor, at Conoco
[00:02:44] I lived in Raqqa, meaning I am a resident of the eastern region. Although I was born
[00:02:47] in Homs, I live in the eastern region, and it's an honor.
[00:02:51] Regarding the storage policy, I answered
[00:02:54] the professor that we basically don't
[00:02:58] have enough liquidity.
[00:03:01] authorities that were previously present in so repeating them is a form of I need liquidity for finance so that the required liquidity is not enough
[00:03:03] perhaps more than a brother from to purchase the derivatives that I am
[00:03:06] Syria and the transformation from trading. So for storage, we have put and are readying the tanks and have requested prices.
[00:03:10] So we might reach a stage where we involve the private
[00:03:12] salinity in sector. I don't know if you saw that we made an offer to receive
[00:03:20] in those areas, especially in issues that will not be supported one bids for storing and distributing petroleum derivatives, and we will work on a part, and private sector companies will work on a part. They will take a part of the profits
[00:03:24] as a solution, because at these prices, it's impossible for me to
[00:03:28] is the technical reality. The secure financial resources to store petroleum derivatives to be self-sufficient
[00:03:31] for a month. Our plan is to
[00:03:34] Minister, please respond. create a stock for a month. This
[00:03:36] this diesel started is our minimum, that our stock is enough for a month, because
[00:03:38] winter is coming, and in winter the ship cannot dock,
[00:03:42] and high waves and so on, and we suffered from that
[00:03:45] decision, frankly, in the past period. But as we said, the global crisis and providing petroleum derivatives is
[00:03:48] one of the obstacles. The availability of the material itself, the availability
[00:03:52] of the material. Today we are saying we buy it at auction in the market. The availability
[00:03:55] of the material and at appropriate prices is what
[00:03:58] could be the obstacles, but we are saying
[00:04:03] to reach, and we will convey this we are finding solutions for it through some private sector companies. As for
[00:04:06] I believe that these
[00:04:09] is one of the projects on our are all the points, Mr. President, that
[00:04:14] and economic entity according to among vulnerable groups, there were mentioned. Thank you, Mr. Minister, but this time I will say something. My colleagues, I have many
[00:04:17] interventions, so please adhere to the question, and please
[00:04:21] adhere to the time. And also, Mr. Minister, the ideas that
[00:04:25] were previously stated, please
[00:04:28] the delay. do not repeat them to save our time and the council's time.
[00:04:33] And for the vulnerable group, this Sister Israa Al-Mashhoura.
[00:04:37] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. esteemed Speaker,
[00:04:40] Your Excellency, the Minister of Energy, honorable members of parliament,
[00:04:44] of Finance, if the Ministry of Finance gives me this I will address the issue from the perspective of agriculture,
[00:04:47] water, and food security. Allocating
[00:04:50] did not allocate these a subsidized price for agricultural
[00:04:52] quantities in the budgets for diesel is an important step,
[00:04:55] It is a grace that this but the challenge facing the agricultural sector is broader than the price of fuel.
[00:04:58] The stability of agricultural production
[00:05:00] is directly linked to water and energy security together,
[00:05:04] only affect and their cost, especially with large agricultural
[00:05:07] areas relying on wells and pumping stations.
[00:05:11] by the beneficiary's ability to obtain Therefore, my question to the esteemed Minister is: Does
[00:05:14] the Ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, have a comprehensive
[00:05:17] plan for water and energy security in the agricultural
[00:05:21] sector that identifies the actual needs
[00:05:24] of agricultural areas for irrigation water and energy,
[00:05:27] and links them to cultivated areas, crop
[00:05:30] types, water sources, and food
[00:05:34] security priorities? And does this plan include
[00:05:37] a map of the most needy
[00:05:40] irrigation areas and projects?
[00:05:43] And a program for rehabilitating irrigation stations and networks
[00:05:47] and electrifying pumping projects or using
[00:05:50] alternative energy sources where that would be more
[00:05:54] efficient, with a definition of priorities, funding
[00:05:57] sources, and a timeline for implementation? Because
[00:06:01] what is required is that we do not remain stuck with seasonal
[00:06:04] treatments related to fuel prices and allocated
[00:06:08] quantities, but rather that we move to a sustainable
[00:06:11] system that protects
[00:06:19] agricultural production and food security. Thank you very much.
[00:06:22] Thank you. Thank you, colleague Ibrahim Khalil
[00:06:25] Al-Talib. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be
[00:06:29] upon you. With the Minister, there is a problem
[00:06:33] with investors in Idlib since the days of the Salvation Government. Owners of solar
[00:06:36] energy have been waiting for four years, and so far
[00:06:40] the electricity company has not complied. Dr. Ibrahim Shashou, Mufti of Aleppo, intervened
[00:06:44] to solve this problem, and despite that, the company did not comply.
[00:06:48] So they asked us to make a recommendation. They said, "Let the Minister form a committee
[00:06:51] and it be
[00:06:55] problem for us. May God bless you." The second question regarding the second
[00:06:58] question is prohibited, colleague. Wait, doctor, this came
[00:07:01] late. The time for the complaint. I had several questions,
[00:07:05] so I deleted the rest. I have one question left. Mr. Ibrahim, please write it down
[00:07:09] from your side. It is a question, but this came up suddenly, meaning
[00:07:13] the youth in Idlib. My question is quick, even about Manbij, nothing more.
[00:07:16] Meaning, colleagues, I hope, I hope,
[00:07:19] I hope for adherence. Okay, the main question is regarding
[00:07:23] Manbij and its countryside around the Euphrates River. There are dozens of villages
[00:07:27] that are not irrigated, whether for drinking or for watering,
[00:07:32] neighborhoods do not receive water. May God bless
[00:07:34] you.
[00:07:38] Colleague, colleague Lara, please.
[00:07:41] Mr. President, Your Excellency, Minister, honorable
[00:07:44] MPs, in light of the urgent need to expand
[00:07:48] alternative energy projects, what is the Ministry's
[00:07:51] plan to provide administrative
[00:07:54] facilities for solar farm investors,
[00:07:57] especially in determining the price per kilowatt-hour?
[00:08:01] Thank you. Colleague Muhammad Bassel
[00:08:04] Helmi. Some questions, colleagues, I
[00:08:08] saw them in the presentation. The presentation and so on, they were answered,
[00:08:13] repetition. Mr. President,
[00:08:17] Your Excellency, Minister, honorable
[00:08:20] colleagues,
[00:08:22] I will not speak emotionally or populistically,
[00:08:26] but I will convey a reality.
[00:08:28] One of the most important duties of members of the People's Assembly
[00:08:32] is to be a bridge between the people
[00:08:35] and the Assembly, and between the people and this esteemed
[00:08:38] government. There is a lot of pain
[00:08:41] and suffering regarding the price
[00:08:44] of electricity. A recommendation
[00:08:46] from His Excellency the President
[00:08:49] to reconsider suspending
[00:08:52] the decision to raise electricity prices,
[00:08:55] because this
[00:08:58] is a disaster for vulnerable
[00:09:01] groups. They are truly
[00:09:05] suffering and crying.
[00:09:08] I conducted a survey in two areas
[00:09:11] of Damascus neighborhoods. 60% of those I asked
[00:09:14] did not pay their bills, despite
[00:09:17] the fact that His Excellency the Minister said 70% in Damascus had
[00:09:21] paid. But in reality,
[00:09:24] is no payment. Therefore, please,
[00:09:28] this recommendation, please, that
[00:09:30] it be suspended until the income of the Syrian citizen increases
[00:09:33] and they can pay. And they are supportive of the government
[00:09:37] and supportive of the state. 20%
[00:09:40] of those listening to you now, Your Excellency. The Minister, what
[00:09:44] you spoke about from the Syrian people is good from merchants
[00:09:47] and industrialists, and excellent words, and we are with it
[00:09:51] as a budget and as accounts
[00:09:54] and outcomes. But the vulnerable group does not look at that.
[00:09:57] They look at their income of one million and an electricity
[00:10:00] bill of one and a half million. How can
[00:10:03] they live?
[00:10:07] decision be suspended. The second point, this is a recommendation,
[00:10:10] but the question in the recommendation, let's go back to the question.
[00:10:14] The question, meaning everything is a recommendation. This is a question for
[00:10:17] Damascus. It has a lifeline,
[00:10:21] the Barada River, the lifeline of Greater Damascus with its two Ghoutas.
[00:10:25] It complains about the former regime. The former regime
[00:10:29] caused two disasters for the Barada River, my brothers. First, it put salty
[00:10:32] sewage inside this river. And this
[00:10:35] is a disaster. It made concrete barriers that prevented the flow
[00:10:40] into this river. And the second
[00:10:44] disaster is that there was a contract
[00:10:47] concluded between the former government with a neighboring
[00:10:49] country to export the water
[00:10:53] of the Barada spring, which is the lifeline of Damascus.
[00:10:57] to review this matter
[00:11:00] so that our water returns to us,
[00:11:03] rather than the Barada Valley becoming dry,
[00:11:07] a barren desert. We want it to remain
[00:11:09] green for us and for the two Ghoutas, God willing.
[00:11:13] Thank you. Colleague Salem Muhammad
[00:11:16] Al-Ahmad.
[00:11:32] System, etc. Go! Colleague, thank you, Mr.
[00:11:35] President. Your Excellency, Minister, in this
[00:11:38] difficult transitional phase, how
[00:11:41] will you ensure that the energy sector bears
[00:11:44] the cost of recovery and reform without
[00:11:48] the greater burden shifting to the citizen?
[00:11:50] We want a clear plan from the Ministry: What
[00:11:54] will change during the year,
[00:11:57] and not just what we hope will change?
[00:12:01] I propose a publicly announced transitional energy plan
[00:12:04] with specific goals and deadlines, and a balance
[00:12:09] reducing its cost for the citizen, and rehabilitating
[00:12:13] local production. Thank you, Mr. Minister.
[00:12:16] Thank you to the colleague. Mr. Minister, can you answer
[00:12:20] the last five questions? And also, the repeated
[00:12:23] things, I think, are unnecessary.
[00:12:26] Thank you. First, regarding
[00:12:29] the issue of supporting agriculture, the matter
[00:12:33] is not only concerned with the Ministry of Energy, so we don't overburden
[00:12:36] ourselves. We are part of this government.
[00:12:39] So supporting agriculture, supporting bread,
[00:12:43] supporting industry, supporting all sectors
[00:12:47] that involve energy, there is originally
[00:12:50] even support for vulnerable
[00:12:53] society. So it is originally supposed to be a comprehensive
[00:12:56] plan in which we are a part
[00:13:00] of. And this is what the Supreme Council for Economic Development is working on. We
[00:13:03] are a part of it. We play
[00:13:05] our role. For example, if we support the energy
[00:13:09] sector, industry, through the price of fuel
[00:13:12] at 400 instead of 570 and 600
[00:13:16] dollars, we are supporting it. The same goes for agriculture. But it needs a strict plan because
[00:13:20] today, if we go towards support, and I don't see Syria from the beginning,
[00:13:24] under its leadership, taking a path
[00:13:27] where services in
[00:13:31] the socialist economic system to the free market system
[00:13:34] and the market economy, so this transformation
[00:13:38] will surely lead to some
[00:13:42] day. Maybe in a transitional stage.
[00:13:45] This issue, if we gave diesel, and this was actually present
[00:13:49] in the past period, we were supporting bakeries with bread, diesel
[00:13:52] at a reduced price. It became difficult to control
[00:13:56] by the Ministry of Trade or the Ministry of Economy to the point that
[00:14:01] to be smuggled. He would take it and not bake with it, he would sell it
[00:14:04] in the market. This became an issue that needed strict control, and controlling it was difficult, so they went
[00:14:08] towards, "No, take the diesel at its current price, and subsidize flour.
[00:14:11] Let your support be in flour." It's easier for them to monitor.
[00:14:15] As for the solar energy
[00:14:18] in Idlib, I will follow up on it, God willing, with the company.
[00:14:21] And solar energy projects in and the Euphrates,
[00:14:25] irrigation projects and water in the Euphrates
[00:14:27] region, God willing, part of it is included in the investment
[00:14:31] plans during 2027. Renewable energy.
[00:14:33] I mentioned in the context that we signed 2500
[00:14:37] megawatts of solar energy contracts and
[00:14:41] approximately 1500 megawatts of wind energy. So we have achieved sufficiency in terms of renewable energy
[00:14:44] as a percentage of the total generation and the energy mix that
[00:14:48] we concluded through the partnerships that
[00:14:51] we established. The price of electricity can
[00:14:55] be lengthy.
[00:14:58] is a topic where there could be support or suspension, but with
[00:15:02] a significant decline in service, I mean, where are we going to get the support from? If
[00:15:05] we want to support electricity from the Ministry
[00:15:09] amount to buy gas, the service will continue. It supports electricity. It
[00:15:12] didn't give me, and the Ministry of Finance
[00:15:17] the price of the gas I need to buy. So I cannot generate the same amount.
[00:15:20] So I stop buying, and the service declines. This is an equation. This equation
[00:15:24] and study, it really needs, as we said, because it won't
[00:15:29] people by saying, "Oh, the electricity service has decreased," it will
[00:15:33] affect industry and development in general. Right. Therefore,
[00:15:36] we chose a segment, and we are saying their bill
[00:15:39] is 6.5 dollars. The bill for someone who consumes 150 kWh
[00:15:42] for vulnerable segments is 6.5 dollars
[00:15:45] per month.
[00:15:49] Okay, the Barada River. I mentioned earlier that the national carrier
[00:15:52] is one of the most important things. For
[00:15:55] our goals in establishing this national carrier, we aim to not
[00:15:59] the existing springs
[00:16:02] such as Ain Fijeh and others, so that we can restore the Barada River to what
[00:16:06] it once was. Because today, as long as everything is being withdrawn, no one is taking from it outside Syria. Everything is
[00:16:10] being withdrawn. It's 1.5 cubic meters per second from Fijeh and from the Barada
[00:16:13] spring. All of it is not enough for drinking water for Damascus
[00:16:17] governorate and rural Damascus.
[00:16:19] Any improvement in energy, and we
[00:16:23] bear a part of it, is part of the presentation that was given, that
[00:16:27] we basically bear a part of it. I mean, we mentioned
[00:16:30] numbers and percentages for electricity and energy. We bear a large
[00:16:34] part of it, which are
[00:16:37] supported categories, both in electricity
[00:16:40] and in supporting diesel
[00:16:43] and fuel for industry. Your Excellency, the Minister, your cost is very high. It is 6 cents, and your cost is
[00:16:47] 12 cents.
[00:16:48] Colleague,
[00:16:55] Colleague Rami Shaher
[00:16:56] Al-Saleh.
[00:17:01] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. President, Your Excellency,
[00:17:04] Minister, honorable colleagues,
[00:17:08] the issues are all clear
[00:17:11] and presented. All that remains is work
[00:17:14] and implementation. I propose an operations room
[00:17:17] in Deir ez-Zor. And it looks at what is around it
[00:17:21] and what is above it. The Euphrates River, which
[00:17:24] poets used to sing about,
[00:17:27] has become despised even by
[00:17:30] animals.
[00:17:51] for the doctor. The matter is
[00:17:54] extremely tragic. Then the Khabur River. When we say
[00:17:58] the Khabur River, I am talking about an area from
[00:18:01] the mouth of the Khabur River in the Euphrates to the city
[00:18:04] of Hasakah. 220
[00:18:08] kilometers, house after house, and the villages are dense.
[00:18:12] For 45 years, it has suffered
[00:18:15] from drought. So when we talk about water stations and purification, there
[00:18:19] is originally no water. So
[00:18:22] nothing can save the region and save the Euphrates
[00:18:25] and Khabur except the diversion of Tigris River
[00:18:27] water. This will save and revive the region
[00:18:31] and support the waters of the Euphrates River.
[00:18:34] Now all the water and disease.
[00:18:38] Meaning the oil
[00:18:40] and water, the class system, and the surplus
[00:18:44] oil that goes into the containers, meaning it's only a few meters away from pouring
[00:18:47] into the Euphrates River from the direction of Jabal Al-Teim. There
[00:18:51] must be an operations room where the efforts
[00:18:54] of the government, the people, and the People's
[00:18:57] Assembly are combined. We are being questioned on the street, Mr. Minister.
[00:19:01] Please have mercy on us now. They will say, "What did you do? You've been talking for five
[00:19:05] hours." We tell them, "Blessings." Mr.
[00:19:07] Minister, God willing, we have promised for these matters. The
[00:19:11] Khabur, Mr. President, knows
[00:19:14] the situation in all of Golan,
[00:19:18] Sweida, and Daraa. Work
[00:19:22] is an honor, but the Khabur has been dry for
[00:19:25] 50 years. For 50 years, there has been no agriculture.
[00:19:28] Sometimes there are some rainwaters and so on.
[00:19:32] If the Tigris River is not there
[00:19:35] and achieves national unity
[00:19:38] between Al-Jazeera and Mesopotamia, rather,
[00:19:42] the origin of the Tigris is part of Syria, and the British
[00:19:46] cut it off there. Therefore, we need an operations
[00:19:49] room and strict and firm measures in this
[00:19:53] region to save it.
[00:19:55] Diseases from oil residues or from stagnant
[00:19:58] drinking water and sewage and so
[00:20:01] on. Thank you and apologize for
[00:20:05] Colleagues, I have 87 interventions,
[00:20:08] just so you know. So please,
[00:20:11] please, and I hope that
[00:20:14] whoever comes up will go straight to the question and save
[00:20:18] us time, both ours and our colleagues'.
[00:20:21] Meaning, go straight to the point. The time
[00:20:24] is one minute, no more, meaning one minute, and then I will cut it off. We will
[00:20:28] not speak. It is the responsibility of the interjector
[00:20:31] to shorten their time to one minute. Meaning, 87 interventions,
[00:20:35] we need to organize. Colleague,
[00:20:39] Thank you, Mr. President. Your Excellency, Minister, regarding
[00:20:43] subsidized fuels, and since actual support is measured
[00:20:48] the material
[00:20:51] at the subsidized price, what is the mechanism that ensures the identification
[00:20:54] of the beneficiary, the fairness of the quantities, the transparency
[00:20:57] of distribution, and the prevention of leakage to the black market?
[00:21:00] Thank you.
[00:21:04] Colleague Aref Razzouk.
[00:21:08] Your Excellency, Minister,
[00:21:11] regarding the issue of mutual agreements, I understand that these
[00:21:15] mutual agreements are a tactical solution or a firefighting
[00:21:17] measure. When we say
[00:21:20] that when transformers are hit, we are forced to buy through mutual agreements so that the electricity is not cut off.
[00:21:24] This is a firefighting measure. Why don't we have a strategic plan
[00:21:28] and an assessment of needs, and then there will be deals
[00:21:31] so that we buy, and when a transformer is hit, it will be
[00:21:35] that we, as the legislative authority, and you, as the executive authority,
[00:21:37] are in the same boat. I ask on behalf of my colleagues
[00:21:41] to raise the first electricity consumption tier to 250
[00:21:44] kilowatt-hours, and that the meter readings be taken
[00:21:47] regularly, because the delay in regular readings is leading to rising prices.
[00:21:51] Thank you, colleague Yasser Mahmoud
[00:21:54] Al-Shehadi. Mr. President, Your Excellency,
[00:21:57] Minister, the first question is regarding
[00:22:00] the dismissal of Mr. Youssef Al-Qablawi, 42 employees,
[00:22:04] due to their support and celebration of the efforts of the Control
[00:22:07] and Inspection Authority in apprehending corrupt officials in the institution,
[00:22:10] in the institution, specifically in the Central Region's administration. The second question is
[00:22:14] about the presentation made by His Excellency the Minister. You stated
[00:22:18] that there is a need for Syria
[00:22:20] of 300,000 barrels, but there was data from the Ministry
[00:22:23] previously, in the past few days, that the need
[00:22:27] was a market need. However, today, the presentation has been adjusted to say
[00:22:30] that 150,000 is a market need, and 150,000 is
[00:22:34] a refinery need. But we want to
[00:22:37] know what the full need
[00:22:40] for Syria is. May God grant you health.
[00:22:43] Colleague Ahmed Qaddour
[00:22:45] Al-Afadel.
[00:22:48] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. Speaker,
[00:22:51] honorable colleagues, His Excellency the Minister of Energy.
[00:22:55] May God help you and guide your steps. You mentioned a
[00:22:59] while ago that there are three ministries in one ministry.
[00:23:03] Of course, I will talk about what is called the Water
[00:23:06] Resources file, which was previously called the Ministry
[00:23:10] of Irrigation. And water resources was an
[00:23:13] independent department, and the General Corporation for Land Reclamation was a second department.
[00:23:16] I will talk about the Euphrates projects.
[00:23:20] Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, of course,
[00:23:23] and eastern rural Aleppo, of course. There are about
[00:23:26] 21,000 hectares supervised by what
[00:23:31] the mentioned areas. I will talk about the problems
[00:23:35] of Raqqa. Of course, the projects
[00:23:37] of Raqqa are 103,000 hectares distributed over five
[00:23:40] sectors. Then nine divisions. Let me
[00:23:44] give you examples about the reality. Of course,
[00:23:47] as a result of the de facto
[00:23:51] the governorate, the irrigation infrastructure is very
[00:23:54] dilapidated. The canals and drains are destroyed
[00:23:57] and blocked. There is an increase in secondary
[00:24:02] agricultural lands. And I would like
[00:24:06] to inform you that the farmer
[00:24:10] Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, which were under de facto
[00:24:14] authorities until now, has not returned to agriculture
[00:24:17] in a way that
[00:24:19] the minute ended. Thank you. The minute ended. Colleague, Mr.
[00:24:24] The time is up.
[00:24:28] Please, please. Go ahead, Mr.
[00:24:30] Minister.
[00:24:34] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
[00:24:35] Oh
[00:24:39] sorry, colleague doctor, please, please, please.
[00:24:43] I have 87 interventions. Please write it down,
[00:24:46] and I will convey it. Dr. Ahmed, write it down,
[00:24:50] and I will convey it, because the goal is for it
[00:24:53] proposal. As for
[00:24:56] the issue of diverting the Tigris River, it
[00:24:59] priorities. As I said earlier in the
[00:25:02] presentation, God willing, during the coming period, we will
[00:25:05] propose the Halabiya and Zalbiyah dams and the project
[00:25:09] to divert the Tigris River to the Khabur River
[00:25:12] to revive the region. God willing, it is among the projects we have planned, and we will offer them
[00:25:16] for investment during the coming period. As for
[00:25:19] the issue of distribution, honestly, I initially,
[00:25:23] I mean, from the day of the electricity story and the tariff
[00:25:26] adjustment, I asked the Ministry of Social Affairs if they had a clear digital
[00:25:30] database to provide us with. Until now,
[00:25:33] it was like other institutions that have
[00:25:36] no data, no information. They are working on it, thankfully, the Ministry of Social Affairs. If
[00:25:39] this database was available, it would greatly relieve us in supporting electricity, supporting derivatives,
[00:25:43] gas, diesel, etc. God willing, I
[00:25:46] communicated to ensure fairness. I communicated with the governors.
[00:25:50] Through the social affairs directorates, through the branches of Sadco and the energy services department,
[00:25:53] some stations will be identified. There will
[00:25:56] be nominal lists available to benefit from this material.
[00:25:59] It will be stamped digitally by the energy
[00:26:02] services department to go to the designated
[00:26:07] for it. This is to contain the material,
[00:26:11] and people will be provided with the required material.
[00:26:15] Regarding the issue of mutual agreements,
[00:26:18] I mentioned its reasons, and we may not review them
[00:26:22] again for the sake of time. The issue of dismissing
[00:26:25] employees
[00:26:27] in the Central Region's administration is, first of all, not a dismissal. They
[00:26:31] are temporary contracts, seasonal contracts.
[00:26:34] Legally, any manager or
[00:26:37] authorizing officer has the right to terminate seasonal contracts
[00:26:41] after certain reasons, or because their contract
[00:26:44] has expired, or it is a seasonal contract. So it is not
[00:26:47] a matter of permanent contracts or anything else. The second point is
[00:26:51] that these
[00:26:55] in the media, and I hope that all honorable members
[00:26:58] and brothers who hear us, not everything said on social media
[00:27:03] is true. Yesterday, I read a news report about fluctuations in
[00:27:06] oil prices and a decrease in Brent to
[00:27:09] 80. So why didn't the Ministry of Energy reduce it? No, they said it was
[00:27:13] 104. So this is
[00:27:16] wildfire. So it's not always the case that what is said on social media is true.
[00:27:20] These employees some of them, I don't
[00:27:23] know if all of them, I sent it, of course, I formed, I referred it to the Internal
[00:27:27] Control Directorate after a complaint reached me, it reached the Ministry last week, and I referred it to the Internal
[00:27:31] Control Directorate for investigation. The matter. But the letter
[00:27:34] I received from the company states that these
[00:27:38] employees threatened the administration in the Central Region
[00:27:41] to approve the celebration of
[00:27:45] Either you give us this or
[00:27:48] else, they entered with threats, meaning. You have to give us your approval
[00:27:54] the celebration, the story is about threatening the director with a matter that is not
[00:27:57] fixed. So this
[00:28:01] is the company's response. The complaint from the people is no. So for me, as a supervising party
[00:28:05] for these people and for these, I sent
[00:28:09] the internal control directorate to investigate the matter and submit a report to us to take the appropriate
[00:28:12] legal actions. Syria's need, I think I have
[00:28:16] explained it in great detail. Our need is 30,000 barrels of crude
[00:28:19] oil, but I don't have the ability to refine 30,000. I have the ability to refine
[00:28:23] 15,000. Once the Banias refinery is ready, we will buy
[00:28:27] 15,000 or we will buy 10,000 because I have
[00:28:30] local production for the Homs refinery. It will buy 100,000
[00:28:33] barrels for the Banias refinery, and I will have a total of
[00:28:37] 15,000, okay, between the Homs refinery and the Banias refinery,
[00:28:40] and 15,000 others, which are, if I had refineries, I would have to bring them.
[00:28:44] These will be petroleum derivatives. I will bring them as petroleum derivatives,
[00:28:47] and usually 15,000 barrels produce half
[00:28:50] of it as diesel and gasoline, and the other half
[00:28:54] as fuel and other derivatives like kerosene, naphtha, and so on from other
[00:28:58] materials. And there is a percentage of losses that exist for
[00:29:01] the infrastructure. I think
[00:29:06] the MPs and a sister mentioned this issue and presented
[00:29:09] it. It is the issue that we have dilapidated infrastructure
[00:29:12] and expired circuit breakers and wells and stations are out of
[00:29:16] service, people. This is the reality of the infrastructure in Syria, not
[00:29:19] just in energy. Power generation stations
[00:29:22] and electricity and transformation and transmission lines and oil transmission lines and gas transmission lines
[00:29:26] and gas plants and Satcop gas plants and oil refineries, this
[00:29:31] technical reality requires huge, huge funding.
[00:29:34] And I see that in some interventions there is a contradiction. The
[00:29:38] brother says that they reduced
[00:29:41] and supported fuel and supported electricity, and then he comes back and says, fix
[00:29:44] it for us. Brother, I don't have revenue to go, meaning
[00:29:48] put support, support, support on this, and the Ministry of Finance is not giving me, so where will I get it from to go
[00:29:52] to prepare the station and change the circuit breakers and change the transformers and change the infrastructure? This
[00:29:56] is an integrated equation. I have a balance. If I have revenue, I have money, I can work. If I don't have
[00:30:00] money, I can't work. The Ministry of Finance actually, we are
[00:30:04] rejecting the treasury from the Ministry of Finance, so it will certainly not give
[00:30:08] because I am giving it money, it is not the one that is going to give me part of
[00:30:11] its budget. I am not, meaning I am not an administrative entity to take money. I am an investment
[00:30:17] Syrian law. Thank you,
[00:30:20] Mr. Minister, but I want to warn you about something, this minute is passing, so enter
[00:30:24] the topic and how your topic is according to the minute because there are
[00:30:27] really long interventions and a large number. If the
[00:30:31] number was smaller, we could give more. Follow, colleague,
[00:30:34] supporter, colleague, Ameen Bashir Al-Bashir.
[00:30:38] Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Minister, why is the price
[00:30:41] of a liter of gasoline in Lebanon 1 dollar and 34 cents, while in Syria,
[00:30:45] according to Prestige, it is 1 dollar and 52 cents? Today,
[00:30:48] we are facing many external shocks. In the Gulf War
[00:30:51] and in the war and in the strait and in
[00:30:54] the straits, and there are many external crises. What is the foreign policy
[00:30:58] of the ministry in order to