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00:00:00Mr. President Ahmed Al-Shara arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on
00:00:03an official visit at the head of a high-level government delegation comprising
00:00:07And to Cairo, and Syria's participation in the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Defense, Finance, and Industry, and
00:00:11the Head of General Intelligence. This
00:00:13visit comes within the framework of strengthening and developing bilateral cooperation relations
00:00:18along with many between the two brotherly countries and discussing the most prominent issues of
00:00:21common interest.
00:00:25The Head of the Information Minister, Khaled Zaarour,
00:00:28discussed with his Egyptian counterpart, Diaf Rachwan, ways to enhance cooperation between
00:00:32the two countries in the media field. The two sides touched upon
00:00:35a number of areas of common interest during a meeting
00:00:39that necessitated this held on the sidelines of the 56th session of the Council of Arab Information Ministers,
00:00:45convey what he said to my guest here in claimed the life of a child in a school in which opened at the headquarters
00:00:46Hasaka and two soldiers from of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in Cairo.
00:00:48The
00:00:51Arab Transport Minister, Badr, confirmed that the Syrian government has allocated approximately
00:00:55$670 million
00:00:57needs its brothers from from the general budget to finance urgent rehabilitation works
00:01:00for an essential part of the central road network, in addition to
00:01:04preparing to benefit from a World Bank grant of $200 million
00:01:07to reactivate railway lines.
00:01:10Badr said during his participation in the 39th session
00:01:13of the Council of Arab Transport Ministers in Alexandria
00:01:16that road rehabilitation projects include main axes extending
00:01:20from the south of
00:01:23and Chairman of the Council of Ministers in the country to its north and from its west to its east. Its bids
00:01:28the signing ceremonies of a number of in its current phase have been awarded to specialized companies in Kuwait,
00:01:32Qatar,
00:01:35common and Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Education
00:01:38extended its condolences to
00:01:41many the family of a student who died at Abu Rasin to sign agreements in Elementary School
00:01:43perhaps in in Hasaka Governorate.
00:01:45The signing ceremony was attended from According to a ministry statement, one of the students brought a war
00:01:49remnant from outside the school without realizing
00:01:52its danger, which led to the explosion of the object and the death of a student
00:01:56and the injury of a number of students
00:01:59Nayef Al-Harbi, the journalist, our guest from and teachers.
00:02:02and a number of The Criminal Investigation
00:02:07very important at this concerned officials from both sides. Branch in Rif Dimashq arrested three individuals who confessed to stealing a house in Adra
00:02:10Al-Amaliyah. Internal security forces recovered the stolen items, which
00:02:13of this situation? Yes, this included $33,000, gold jewelry,
00:02:16and an Audi car, and handed them over to
00:02:19their owner, while the detainees were referred to the competent
00:02:23judiciary.
00:02:29From
00:02:40intensification of that necessitate this
00:02:44stood with Syria, stood with
00:02:52Mr. Nayef Al-Harbi from
00:03:06this platform, that were signed regarding and as a state that has adopted
00:03:10absolute transparency
00:03:11we apologize for the and acted with full responsibility,
00:03:15we renew the urgent call, in accordance
00:03:17with the 1995 resolution, to make the Middle
00:03:21East a zone free of nuclear
00:03:25being signed, whether in industry or in weapons.
00:03:32Today, 73 tons of
00:03:35natural uranium are under
00:03:37security and stability in my supervision and the Agency's safeguards, and will remain safe in Syria.
00:03:48in Syria. And also this
00:03:55Turkey in
00:04:03Syria. Another very important since the liberation from influencing
00:04:34to enter this
00:04:41were proposed
00:04:46And I welcome our guests in this
00:04:49Good evening and welcome, dear viewers, to Syria Tonight. Good evening, Ammar. Good evening,
00:04:53Nadia. And welcome, dear viewers, wherever you are. And to our files
00:04:57for
00:04:59from Saudi tonight.
00:05:01We start from the capital, Riyadh, where His Excellency
00:05:04President Ahmed Al-Shara and Prince Mohammed bin Salman witnessed the signing of a number of
00:05:08agreements and memoranda of understanding in
00:05:11businessman, also joins us from several fields between
00:05:12the two countries.
00:05:19the 56th session of the Council of Arab Information Ministers,
00:05:23and the affirmation by His Excellency the Minister of Information, Khaled Zaarour, to work on purifying
00:05:26the media discourse from the legacy of incitement, misinformation,
00:05:30and forgery.
00:05:36In our third file, we discuss the statements of the Minister of Social
00:05:39Affairs and Labor, Hind Qabouwat, regarding work
00:05:42on granting citizenship to the children of Syrian women married to
00:05:46non-Syrians.
00:05:47We conclude Syria Tonight
00:05:52with the remnants of the defunct regime's war that
00:05:59the Syrian Arab Army in rural Daraa.
00:06:25Welcome. His Excellency President Ahmed Al-Shara and His Royal
00:06:29Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud,
00:06:32Crown Prince
00:06:35the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, witnessed at Al-Yamamah Palace in the capital, Riyadh,
00:06:41agreements and memoranda of understanding between
00:06:43the two countries, which included fields of, or fields of,
00:06:47development, infrastructure, energy, housing,
00:06:50health, industry, agriculture, environment, and military
00:06:53cooperation, in addition to financial services.
00:06:58the Syrian side by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates,
00:07:01Defense, Finance, Industry, and Internal Trade, and the Head
00:07:05of the General Intelligence Service. From the Saudi side, it was attended by the Ministers of
00:07:08Defense, Foreign Affairs, Energy, Industry and Mineral
00:07:11Resources, and Environment, Water and Agriculture,
00:07:41His Excellency.
00:07:47A handshake that is not the first and will not be the last.
00:07:50A new summit meeting brings together His Excellency President Ahmed Al-Shara
00:07:54with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a
00:07:58step that confirms the strength of the fraternal ties between the two brotherly
00:08:01countries.
00:08:04His Excellency the President arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh,
00:08:08on an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi
00:08:11Arabia, at the head of a high-level government delegation comprising
00:08:14the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates,
00:08:17Defense, Finance, Industry, Internal Trade,
00:08:20and Consumer Protection, in addition to the Head of the General
00:08:24Intelligence Service. At Al-Yamamah Palace,
00:08:27discussions were held between His Excellency President Ahmed Al-Shara and Saudi
00:08:31Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which covered bilateral relations and ways
00:08:34to develop them and enhance cooperation between the two countries in various
00:08:38fields. Views were also exchanged on regional
00:08:42and international developments and issues of
00:08:45common interest, and the importance of strengthening
00:08:49the region was emphasized. These discussions represent a continuation
00:08:53of pivotal stations that brought the two leaders together, most notably
00:08:57his first historic visit in February 2025
00:09:00as the first foreign destination
00:09:03for His Excellency President Ahmed Al-Shara since the liberation, passing through the trilateral
00:09:07summit that brought him together with the Saudi Crown Prince and US
00:09:11President Donald Trump in May of the same
00:09:14year. Then his participation in the Future
00:09:17Investment Initiative forum in October 2025,
00:09:20leading to continuous
00:09:24visits and meetings during 2025
00:09:27and 2026, which focused on strengthening
00:09:31economic partnership and pushing forward reconstruction
00:09:34projects and expanding investment horizons and regional
00:09:38connectivity. This continuous momentum
00:09:41reflects the desire to elevate Syrian-Saudi
00:09:44relations to a broader level of coordination
00:09:48and cooperation, which enhances opportunities for stability
00:09:51and prosperity.
00:09:58file, Dr. Yassin Al-Ali, researcher and economic expert
00:10:02here in the studio. Welcome, Dr. Yassin. And I also
00:10:05welcome our guest from Riyadh, Mr. Nayef Al-Harbi, journalist,
00:10:09and also our guest, Dr. Basil
00:10:13Al-Haj Jassim, Director of Diplomatic Relations at
00:10:15Politico Times from
00:10:19Aleppo. And also, Reda Rahwanji, Mr. Reda Rahwanji,
00:10:23Riyadh. I start with you, Dr. Yassin.
00:10:27So, this visit by His Excellency President Ahmed Al-Shara to the United
00:10:30Arab Kingdom, how do you read it with these economic
00:10:34agreements that were signed
00:10:37today, and in the course
00:10:46today's visit is the second visit within a short
00:10:49period of time, and it was crowned, actually, by the visit of His Excellency the President
00:10:53to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Actually, if
00:10:57we want to read this visit from the economic side,
00:11:01we find the biggest indicator in it is the re-engineering
00:11:04of the relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, not only
00:11:08to attract funding, but to build a strategic
00:11:11partnership at several security,
00:11:15political, and economic
00:11:17levels. If we want to talk today about the economic side,
00:11:21as presented in the report you just
00:11:25reviewed, we find, in fact, cooperation in
00:11:28or the understandings that were signed, in fact, are in sectors
00:11:32of utmost importance, and in fact,
00:11:34we, as economists, were waiting for them, especially the productive
00:11:38sectors, especially the industrial sector
00:11:42as well as the agricultural, because today we are in need
00:11:45of investments
00:11:48that transform the economy in Syria into a productive economy, not
00:11:51only the economies related to
00:11:55reconstruction and building new housing or producing
00:11:58housing units, as well as infrastructure. This, no doubt, is
00:12:02important, but we do not want to attract capital to increase
00:12:06what we import from abroad, but to attract new capital
00:12:10to increase what we produce inside Syria, and here
00:12:13we are talking about the industrial
00:12:24Riyadh. Welcome, Mr. Nayef. I mean, before we
00:12:28delve into the details of the agreements
00:12:31and the depth of the relationship between the two countries, the common
00:12:34destiny,
00:12:36the political, security, military,
00:12:39and economic levels. I mean,
00:12:43His Excellency President Ahmed Al-Shara, the first country
00:12:46he visited was Saudi Arabia after the liberation of Syria and the overthrow
00:12:50of the defunct regime, and perhaps the most visited country.
00:12:53Why, in your opinion,
00:12:57Saudi Arabia is the leader of Arab Islam and the leader of the Islamic
00:13:00and Arab world and an international influencer. The Kingdom of Saudi
00:13:04Arabia stands with Syria. For 12 years, since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, it has
00:13:09the Syrian people, stood, in fact, with what
00:13:12Syria was subjected to, displacement, and what Syria was subjected to,
00:13:16extermination by the defunct Assad regime. So it is natural
00:13:20that Ahmed Al-Shara, the new Syrian President who
00:13:23wants to appear, who wants to build the new Syria, visited the Kingdom
00:13:27of Saudi Arabia, and Syria, thank God, has gained many
00:13:30gains. The lifting of international sanctions was a gain. The Kingdom contributed
00:13:34with Qatar to Syria's
00:13:37budget, as well as more than 80 agreements
00:13:41worth 40 billion riyals were signed with the Kingdom of Saudi
00:13:44Arabia, in addition to the agreements we saw today
00:13:50trade or in special fields related to infrastructure,
00:13:53especially if we know that Syria needs 216
00:13:56billion dollars to, I mean, to repair the infrastructure,
00:14:00repair airports, repair roads, state
00:14:03institutions. So, without a doubt, Ahmed
00:14:06Al-Shara is looking for the influential state, the strong state,
00:14:10and the trustworthy state, which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, without a doubt.
00:14:13We all remember the Crown Prince when the sanctions
00:14:17were lifted from Syria, he put his hands like this,
00:14:20happy and joyful, because we make the Saudi people happy. In fact, the Saudi people care
00:14:24about the Syrian people, as well as Syria's strategic
00:14:27location. So, without a doubt, just as the Syrians
00:14:31harbor love and appreciation for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so too do the people
00:14:34of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its leadership harbor all love
00:14:37and appreciation for the Syrian leadership and the Syrian people.
00:14:40And Syria today, we saw it rising, and I always say, Syria, I call it
00:14:44the new China. Syria today I call it like Japan.
00:14:47We saw Japan when it, I mean, was hit by the Hiroshima
00:14:51bomb. After that, Japan came to us in an industrial
00:14:55development, and Japan today has become one of
00:14:58So it is not strange for Syria that, God willing, it will be an industrial
00:15:02country due to its status, due to having a great number, mashallah,
00:15:05of youth and very great young energies,
00:15:09and it has industries. So I am sure that Syria
00:15:12today, I mean, with Ahmed Al-Shara, is not the Syria
00:15:15of yesterday, which was, I mean, run by Assad, and unfortunately,
00:15:19Assad was not even running it; it was kidnapped by the Iranian
00:15:22regime, which, unfortunately, yes, and
00:15:26today, with Syria's return to its Arab embrace, I mean, Mr.
00:15:29Nayef, and in light of the very
00:15:32difficult regional circumstances, we are talking about the Straits War,
00:15:36we are also talking about the Israeli
00:15:40incursion and the Israeli attempt to dominate
00:15:43the region. To what
00:15:45extent does the visit come in
00:15:48a very important time?
00:15:52Look, now, some of the files you might talk about are agreements, or a memorandum
00:15:56of understanding with the defense side. Syria's
00:15:58security today is clearly threatened, but Syria is capable of
00:16:02protecting its security, protecting its borders, protecting, in fact, its
00:16:05facilities, protecting its institutions,
00:16:08without a doubt. But today it has a partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the defense
00:16:11aspect, and this is the most important aspect for Syria.
00:16:14And in fact, the Syrian government is keen to
00:16:18keep Syria cohesive, not to divide Syria, not to allow
00:16:22the Zionist entity or anyone who wants to seize some Syrian
00:16:25lands, which are Syrian, even wants to return the Golan and truly wants
00:16:28to, but this will surely happen soon, God willing.
00:16:31But Syria today
00:16:35the countries or its sisters from the Arab Islamic and global countries.
00:16:38But it went to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia because it knows the strength of the Kingdom
00:16:42of Saudi Arabia, politically, militarily, security-wise, and economically,
00:16:45and the weight of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia internationally. The security
00:16:49aspect is important for Syria. The defense aspect is important for
00:16:52Syria, and this is among the files we saw today, because it is a file
00:16:55that truly needs discussion. It benefits from the experience
00:16:59of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the defense aspect. It benefits from the experience of the Kingdom
00:17:02of Saudi Arabia in the security aspect. And there are even agreements
00:17:05Syria mentioned that perhaps and this was mentioned, I think, by the Foreign Minister,
00:17:09perhaps the Mecca agreement, perhaps Syria will one day join the Mecca
00:17:13agreement, which is between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:17:17and Turkey, because the security of the region today, in fact,
00:17:20there is the Zionist entity, the cancer present in our region,
00:17:24threatening, in fact, the security of our region, and there must be solidarity
00:17:27among Arab countries. And Syria's security, without a doubt, is part of the security of the Kingdom of Saudi
00:17:31Arabia, and the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is part of Syrian security. Excellent.
00:17:34Allow me to welcome again Dr. Al-Haj
00:17:38Jassim. Welcome, Dr. Basil. So this
00:17:41visit is
00:17:44time, and very important agreements were signed
00:17:47today between the two countries. How do you read this visit
00:18:00this is not an ordinary political visit.
00:18:04We are looking at the second visit in less than
00:18:07a month. This means that there are
00:18:11files, issues, sensitive matters
00:18:18visits. And certainly, this visit is
00:18:21a continuation of previous visits
00:18:24that have been repeated.
00:18:26It is well-known and no one is unaware that the first country visited
00:18:30by the President of the new era
00:18:34in Syria was the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
00:18:39The nature of the delegation and its size
00:18:41accompanying this visit
00:18:55you. I welcome our guest, Mr. Reda. Welcome.
00:18:59As a businessman, how do you view the relations between the two countries from an economic
00:19:12is something that makes the heart happy. This is a real
00:19:16opportunity and a starting
00:19:19point for us
00:19:23to invest and encourage investors in the private sector. As you
00:19:26saw, investment relations between
00:19:30Damascus and Saudi Arabia are not a fleeting
00:19:34relationship. Because
00:19:38the defunct regime until now, 47 announced projects
00:19:41worth 24 billion
00:19:45Saudi riyals have been declared.
00:19:48This is not a small number. I
00:19:50encourage every investor who has an opportunity
00:19:53now,
00:19:56before tomorrow, to invest in the new
00:20:00Syria. Syria is a very important
00:20:03strategic center and location
00:20:07and a gateway to the Eastern Mediterranean and to Turkey
00:20:10and from there to Europe. We are in
00:20:13dire need of investors,
00:20:16and I am very optimistic that there will be
00:20:19many projects that
00:20:22have been announced and that will be announced
00:20:26in the future, and they will be very promising.
00:20:29Syria needs a lot of help in the energy
00:20:33sector
00:20:36hands, given the existing experience,
00:20:39given the strength
00:20:42in management and organization.
00:20:45Amazing experience. We
00:20:48have an
00:20:51opportunity to
00:20:54improve everything from a sisterly
00:20:57country that holds all love
00:21:01for Syrians
00:21:02and for Syria.
00:21:05I am working,
00:21:08friends as businessmen,
00:21:12to be
00:21:14in cooperation with this sponsoring sisterly
00:21:18state, to have a role in Syria. We,
00:21:21as businessmen, care about
00:21:25our country, and we care about its reconstruction, and we believe in it, and we know
00:21:28that there is a future for Syria. A brilliant
00:21:32future. And I hope
00:21:36that anyone who hears me, or anyone
00:21:39in this meeting, does not miss any
00:21:42opportunity today, before tomorrow. I repeat it for the second time,
00:21:46because Syria is a land that is ready.
00:21:54All its people, without a doubt, thank you. Allow me to return
00:21:58to our guest, Dr. Basil. It seems that our colleagues were able
00:22:02to re-establish contact with him. Welcome again, Dr. Basil. So,
00:22:05we continue in the same context, the importance of this
00:22:08visit today and the agreements that were signed between
00:22:11the two countries. I mean, the nature
00:22:14of the delegation and its size accompanying
00:22:17the Syrian President on this visit indicate
00:22:20broad files, many
00:22:25matters that bring the two
00:22:28sides together, and as we saw,
00:22:31agreements, the defense
00:22:34aspect, as a continuation of what the Syrian
00:22:38Foreign Minister mentioned a few days ago on
00:22:41the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue, when he mentioned
00:22:45that discussions are underway
00:22:48regarding Syria's accession or possibility of accession to the Mecca
00:22:51Defense Alliance. Certainly,
00:22:54the timing today is extremely sensitive
00:22:58given the nature of the geopolitical
00:23:00fluctuations that the region is
00:23:03experiencing. There are many files of concern to
00:23:06both sides, whether security-wise, militarily,
00:23:09or economically. Syria, it is no secret to anyone
00:23:12that it needs an economic and investment
00:23:16umbrella. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:23:20is certainly interested in the stability of its northern
00:23:23depth, and that comes within
00:23:26the framework of Vision 2030, the vision of Prince,
00:23:29the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, regarding stability, not
00:23:33only concerning the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the Arabian Gulf,
00:23:36but the region as a whole. And we know
00:23:39the organic link between the Syrian
00:23:42Arab Republic and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
00:23:46I mean, they complement each
00:23:50other. There are many
00:23:53commonalities. Syria's security cannot be separated
00:23:56from Saudi security, and vice versa.
00:24:00Challenges are common, dangers
00:24:03are common, destiny is common, in light of
00:24:06challenges that are no secret to anyone. Therefore,
00:24:10the visit today came as a continuation of many visits,
00:24:14and it is also known to everyone that
00:24:17the first visit made by the President of the new era in the new
00:24:21Syria was to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to Riyadh,
00:24:24given the position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:24:28in the Arab and Islamic world,
00:24:31its position at the global level, whether in
00:24:35the energy sector, with political
00:24:38and diplomatic weight. We know the role that
00:24:41Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries played with
00:24:47US President Donald Trump in lifting
00:24:50sanctions, and today Syria
00:24:54could constitute an ideal investment environment
00:24:57for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, given
00:25:00what it possesses in terms of raw potential,
00:25:04destroyed infrastructure. All of these are great opportunities
00:25:08for Saudi companies, in addition to its
00:25:12geopolitical
00:25:14location. It can be a bridge
00:25:18connecting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, connecting the Arab Gulf
00:25:20to Turkey, to Europe, to the Eastern Mediterranean.
00:25:24We remember, I mean, and we are still in the context of the Strait of
00:25:28Hormuz crisis, and many paths
00:25:31that could serve as alternatives in
00:25:35the event
00:25:37of the continued closure of the strait and the American-Israeli war with
00:25:41Iran, and Syria is certainly one
00:25:44of the most important alternatives regarding the Strait
00:25:47of Hormuz. This is in addition to bilateral relations.
00:25:51I mean, the defense agreement today is not the only one.
00:25:55There are also economic agreements, agreements that were
00:25:58previously signed. I mean, today it can be said that we are moving
00:26:02from a phase of sounding out, a phase of exploration,
00:26:05to an implementation phase. I mean,
00:26:08these agreements today
00:26:11will certainly have an impact,
00:26:14not immediately, of course, but
00:26:18the most important thing is to move this phase to an implementation
00:26:21phase. And as I said, a key point
00:26:25is the nature of the Syrian accompanying delegation, this size
00:26:28and number of ministers, and the agreements we witnessed.
00:26:32All of this points to the importance of the visit, which is
00:26:36the second in less than a month, and this indicates
00:26:39sensitive issues and files
00:26:42intensification of the visit. Yes, Doctor, let me
00:26:48the studio, Dr. Yassin. Dr. Yassin,
00:26:51Dr. Basil, I mean, he confirms that we have now moved
00:26:54to the implementation phase, and the first economic
00:26:58delegation from an Arab country, or even from all
00:27:02countries of the world, was from Saudi Arabia to
00:27:05Syria. Will we actually
00:27:08see the activation of implementation on the ground, and how
00:27:11will that reflect on the reality of the Syrian economy? Yes, without
00:27:15a doubt, I think we are today,
00:27:18for more than a year and ten months
00:27:21today, after the liberation, the visit
00:27:24to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the delegations that
00:27:28came, and also the Syrian-Saudi
00:27:31Economic Forum, in which many
00:27:34memoranda of understanding were announced, and then also followed
00:27:38by another conference
00:27:41different sectors, in telecommunications and infrastructure,
00:27:44and also real estate development projects. I think, I mean, today, if we want to talk about
00:27:48this visit specifically, Syria
00:27:51has actually moved, and diplomatic efforts have moved
00:27:54from the diplomacy of understandings to the diplomacy
00:27:57of achievement, and this has culminated,
00:28:00today, in the most important achievement I see,
00:28:03which is the agreement, not a memorandum of understanding, the joint
00:28:07defense agreement between Syria and the Kingdom
00:28:10of Saudi Arabia. What does this indicate to us? What is the importance
00:28:15issue, in fact, we read it at the economic
00:28:18level. Economic security today is
00:28:22an urgent need and a need of
00:28:25economic security without stability.
00:28:28Economic security is what truly creates stability
00:28:32and the sustainability of these economic resources
00:28:36continuously. So today we read that this agreement
00:28:39was signed at the top of all the memoranda
00:28:41or
00:28:44the framework agreements that were signed today. At its
00:28:46forefront was
00:28:48the cooperation agreement or the joint defense agreement between Syria
00:28:51and Saudi Arabia. And as
00:28:55the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said, Syria's security is linked to the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so it is
00:28:59an interactive process. So this issue truly indicates the genuine
00:29:02desire that Saudi Arabia today, through the memoranda of understanding
00:29:08housing, health, environment, and infrastructure
00:29:11through the agreements that were signed with the PIF,
00:29:14the Saudi Investment Fund. These agreements
00:29:18actually help in recovery paths.
00:29:21But if we also look at the agreements that were signed today, they
00:29:25are actually moving towards achievement because today when we talk about
00:29:29agreements in the field of industry and agriculture,
00:29:33this truly indicates that today we are talking about attracting
00:29:36investments that are not
00:29:38just
00:29:40to attract capital, as I said at the beginning of the meeting,
00:29:44today to increase what we import, but
00:29:47to increase what we produce
00:29:51matter requires
00:29:53partnership with Saudi Arabia will reposition
00:29:57Syria also on the economic map through
00:29:59the services and goods produced in
00:30:05matter is Saudi Arabia, with its strategic weight
00:30:08and financial weight, also redefines
00:30:11risks or defines Syria on the global risk map.
00:30:15That is, today when
00:30:18Saudi Arabia enters with its qualitative weight into
00:30:22Syria, and it is Work and implement large projects.
00:30:25This gives indications to other countries and
00:30:28other investors, and it reduces the state of uncertainty.
00:30:32People become more courageous
00:30:36market, because today, any market in a wartime
00:30:39economy, all investors will have people
00:30:43who think this region is high risk. Therefore, high-risk
00:30:47regions are always high profit. We are talking
00:30:49here business-wise, meaning in terms of
00:30:53numbers and business.
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