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00:00:09the two countries.
00:00:16and by the circumstances countries. It is a long-term
00:00:20has suffered at all levels.
00:00:25for a long-term partnership and integrated state. We see that this
00:00:31From the urgent rehabilitation of vital sectors
00:00:33in the process of growth and investment to the restoration of productive capacity and the movement of the economic wheel,
00:00:36Syrian-Saudi relations
00:00:39There is investment in Syria, enter a new phase that transcends political support
00:00:43and journalist from to establish a broad economic and developmental partnership
00:00:46that places investment
00:00:49on complete harmony and reconstruction at the core of cooperation between the two countries.
00:00:53The agreements witnessed by the capital Riyadh in the presence of President Ahmed
00:00:57all of you. I will start here in the studio with Al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Prince Mohammed bin
00:01:00are not limited to one sector, but extend to include
00:01:04the barrier of fear in front energy, industry, housing,
00:01:07without electricity. Electricity health, water,
00:01:08is a pivotal and essential defense, and financial services in a package that reflects the breadth of cooperation
00:01:11and the multiplicity of its levels. These steps
00:01:15are of particular importance in light of the challenges
00:01:18facing the Syrian
00:01:22in this partnership, a partnership that economy and its need
00:01:24world. Secondly, that these difficult for funding, expertise,
00:01:25circumstances do not change and technology. Concessional development loans
00:01:27exceeding 400
00:01:30million dollars
00:01:33sectors, and defense are highlighted as one of the supporting tools for rehabilitating infrastructure and restoring
00:01:37the efficiency of vital
00:01:38can then move facilities, while industrial cooperating in achieving security, agreements open new horizons
00:01:40achieving security, for developing production, enhancing
00:01:44and foreign investments investment, and transferring
00:01:47Syria. Also benefiting from this expertise. However, beyond the numbers and signatures,
00:01:49questions arise about the nature of this partnership
00:01:53and the extent of its impact on the Syrian economy, and its ability
00:01:56to transition from financing recovery
00:01:59projects to building a sustainable
00:02:02productive base, as well as its repercussions
00:02:05to security infrastructure on the future of economic and political
00:02:09relations between Damascus and Riyadh.
00:02:12Do the Syrian-Saudi agreements represent
00:02:16I would like to add, a turning point in the beginning
00:02:17Hiba, that the attention of the economic recovery
00:02:18So today, this investment operations in companies. and reconstruction process? And what can this partnership
00:02:23cannot be measured by the citizen add to the opportunities for development and stability in Syria?
00:02:26A new episode of the program "Syria Time" with me, Hiba Salama.
00:02:43that Syria is a free
00:02:46take aid from
00:02:49President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince
00:02:54culture, or the entertainment and Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, witnessed the signing
00:02:58ceremony of a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding
00:03:02that enhance the frameworks of joint cooperation between the two countries.
00:03:05More details in this
00:03:07report.
00:03:10From rebuilding infrastructure to moving the wheels
00:03:13of production, and from rehabilitating service sectors to establishing
00:03:18and building so that strategic partnerships, the Syrian-Saudi agreement opens a new
00:03:21page in the course
00:03:24of relations between the two countries, titled
00:03:28only by buildings "Investment in the Future" and transforming political cooperation into developmental
00:03:31and economic projects that touch the lives
00:03:34of Syrians and support the recovery
00:03:36process. A wide package of agreements
00:03:40and memorandums of understanding puts
00:03:43vital sectors before new
00:03:46opportunities for recovery. After
00:03:49from the keenness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the capital, Riyadh, witnessed the signing of agreements covering energy,
00:03:53industry, housing, health, water,
00:03:56and this nourishment defense, and financial services in the presence of President Ahmed
00:04:00Al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
00:04:03At the forefront of these
00:04:07steps are six concessional development
00:04:10loans with a value exceeding
00:04:14are the wounds that we need to heal 403 million dollars to finance projects whose effects
00:04:18extend beyond rehabilitation towards restoring productive
00:04:21capacity and improving the quality of services.
00:04:25The rehabilitation of the Aleppo thermal power plant means
00:04:29supporting the electricity system, and the development
00:04:33of water networks enhances the efficiency of resource
00:04:36management, while the rehabilitation of civil defense centers,
00:04:40hospitals, and housing units represents a direct
00:04:43investment in community security and stability.
00:04:47As for the industrial agreement, it opens the door
00:04:50stability in the country. for the exchange of expertise and technologies, the development
00:04:53of industrial cities and supply chains,
00:04:56and attracting investments that enhance production
00:05:00opportunities and create
00:05:02original Arab embrace. This a more capable
00:05:04Today, Saudi Arabia has certainly environment for attracting projects and providing job opportunities.
00:05:08In the defense track, the signing of a cooperation
00:05:11agreement between the Syrian and Saudi Ministries
00:05:15of Defense adds an institutional dimension to the
00:05:17partnership between
00:05:21From financing to investment, and from exchanging
00:05:25expertise to building capacities, the features
00:05:28of Syrian-Saudi cooperation emerge, carrying
00:05:32promising opportunities and laying the foundations
00:05:37whose impact will be on development and reconstruction,
00:05:40and creating a more prosperous
00:05:43and flourishing
00:05:47future. To discuss this topic, we have with us in the studio Ahmed Jassim
00:05:50Al-Hussein, writer and political researcher,
00:05:53and Jasser Al-Jasser, writer
00:05:56Riyadh. And from Riyadh also, Mohammed Al-Bishi, editor-in-chief
00:05:59of Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper, and Dr.
00:06:03Mahmoud Abdul Karim, financial and economic expert from Dubai.
00:06:06Welcome
00:06:10Professor Ahmed Jassim Al-Hussein. Professor Ahmed,
00:06:13so agreements signed in Riyadh between
00:06:16Syria and Saudi Arabia, can we say today
00:06:20that we are moving in Syrian-Saudi relations from a phase
00:06:24of strengthening political relations to a strategic
00:06:27partnership with multiple dimensions,
00:06:31for example? Good evening, Hiba, and good evening
00:06:34to the viewers of Syrian News, and indeed at Syria
00:06:37time, and also at Saudi time this time,
00:06:41because firstly, the visit came after a visit that took place a few
00:06:45days ago, meaning two visits within one month, and this indicates the level
00:06:48of coordination between the two countries,
00:06:52in addition to the nature of the reception and who is accompanying His Excellency
00:06:56the President on this visit.
00:06:59Also, there was talk during the past
00:07:03period about a group of agreements that today crystallized and became
00:07:07a reality, and therefore Syrians today look at these
00:07:11agreements not as promises
00:07:14of reconstruction from businessmen, with all due respect to this
00:07:17sector, but today they are something that contributes to building
00:07:20the state, and this is also the keenness of the Kingdom
00:07:24of Saudi Arabia to move Syrian institutions
00:07:27forward. This also contributes to the
00:07:31idea that the Kingdom is moving with this country
00:07:35and is trying to help in healing
00:07:38its wounds. And therefore, there is a transition
00:07:42in the idea of assistance or the idea
00:07:45of aid to the idea of building, building the Syrian
00:07:49state, assisting in building the Syrian state, to the idea of continuous
00:07:52recovery and sustainability. Also, the idea of the loan
00:07:56Syria today does not want to
00:07:59others, but the idea that this loan is concessional
00:08:03from brothers and
00:08:07to help in building certain sectors. These sectors are related
00:08:10to energy, related to emergencies, related
00:08:14to health, related to infrastructure, related to water,
00:08:17related to multiple aspects,
00:08:20all of which serve the Syrian citizen. And these projects
00:08:24have been submitted and they are not
00:08:27material figures that are transferred to the Syrian budget, but they are
00:08:30specific projects, here electrical energy,
00:08:34here water, here electricity meters, all go to their place
00:08:37and within a specific timeline and within specific frameworks
00:08:41and financial transfer mechanisms, meaning assistance in building
00:08:44the state. And this is what the Kingdom of Saudi
00:08:47Arabia promised. So the matter is not
00:08:50salaries for employees or a matter
00:08:54of oil or anything else, but developmental
00:08:56projects in this country. And this comes
00:09:02to see Syria on the right track. And on the other hand,
00:09:05Syria today has counted its wounds and has started
00:09:09to focus on what are the priorities, what is
00:09:12the first wound that we need to close or heal, then the second, then
00:09:16the third, because the authority in Syria today inherited a country
00:09:20that is devastated and destroyed. Therefore,
00:09:23it has set priorities and what
00:09:27for this body to recover and be able to heal
00:09:29itself one by one. Uh-huh, Professor Jasser,
00:09:33if Syria has counted its wounds, as Professor
00:09:37Ahmed says, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as usual,
00:09:41helps Syria in healing these wounds.
00:09:44Professor Jasser, what makes Syria today an important
00:09:48arena for Saudi
00:09:50investment and cooperation?
00:09:54Good evening. No, it's not today.
00:09:57Syria has always been an important arena at all
00:10:00levels. Syria is a sisterly country with deep-rooted
00:10:04relations, a shared history, and an important
00:10:07Arab axis. It was usurped and occupied,
00:10:11and therefore it returned to its
00:10:14aspect of celebrating this radical and important transformation
00:10:18and this beautiful return. What
00:10:20connects the Kingdom with Syria is not
00:10:23only developments, and not only a transition
00:10:27from one stage to another. I believe this is part of the journey of these agreements
00:10:30and collaborations. This is part of the journey of cooperation
00:10:33and integration between the two
00:10:37plan that is not limited to this stage, or rather,
00:10:40it is a step in this long ladder that
00:10:43is based on supporting the Syrian state to be a stable,
00:10:47secure, complete,
00:10:49type of agreement is strengthening the infrastructure
00:10:53of the state and nourishing it completely so that it can be capable
00:10:58in the future. There is no primary objective of investment in
00:11:01Syria in the commercial sense.
00:11:04in the authentic Arab country that will be one of the fundamental
00:11:08factors for stability. This Saudi-Syrian
00:11:11interdependence is based
00:11:14in leadership. Since the first moment, the Kingdom stood
00:11:18by Syria and held the first conference for Foreign
00:11:21Minister Mr. Asaad Al-Shaibani. When he attended in Riyadh, it was the first conference
00:11:25to confirm the legitimacy of the new regime in
00:11:29Syria, the legitimacy of this radical transformation in Syria. And it took all
00:11:32the necessary steps to lift the sanctions, lift
00:11:35the sanctions. Therefore, lifting international sanctions, returning to a financial
00:11:39system, all of these are attempts. Today, this is a boost
00:11:42in steps that will continue. Firstly, to confirm that stability
00:11:45is essential in the Arab
00:11:50anything in the future directions. We are working
00:11:54to build the future together and establish foundations
00:11:57for our Arab societies in a rational,
00:12:00objective, and precise manner. It is not
00:12:03just a matter of emotions, it is a matter of understanding the nature of crises
00:12:06and how to deal with them. Secondly, to facilitate the possibility
00:12:10of the Syrian state providing basic services, both financial
00:12:14and non-financial, in cooperation. Building the military identity
00:12:17of the Syrian state is also very important for it to be a capable
00:12:21and stable state, because the more factors of stability
00:12:25are completed in this way, starting from infrastructure services
00:12:30to strategic cooperation, Syria will be able to be a gateway
00:12:34for investment in the near future, and it is on its way to that
00:12:38and possesses the capabilities. There is a common factor that also takes place through
00:12:43There is also joint cooperation with other countries, especially from Turkey
00:12:46and European countries, in enhancing this field. But this is a step
00:12:50that expresses the quality of the relationship and its deep roots and the common
00:12:54desire to achieve stability. Professor Jasser, here from
00:12:57a political perspective, what does the Kingdom
00:13:00of Saudi Arabia want to tell the world
00:13:03through these agreements with Syria? It says
00:13:08Arab state, capable of a near future,
00:13:12and we are by its side, and together we work
00:13:16to achieve this stability in the region and to avert
00:13:19aggressions and threats that affect the stability
00:13:22الحقيقي وهذا ما يجب ان نعمل عليه وبالتالي ايضا
00:13:25الدعوه للاخرين انه تعالوا لان تكون سوريا منصه استثمار
00:13:29of the region from all
00:13:32sides, whether Iranian or Israeli or otherwise.
00:13:36Therefore, Syria must regain its membership, its strength,
00:13:39and its full real presence, and this is what we must work
00:13:42on. And therefore, also the call to others is to come
00:13:46so that Syria can be an investment platform, a cooperation
00:13:49platform in this aspect, a central and vital
00:13:53hub geographically and strategically. A joint cooperation zone,
00:13:57a state moving at a very fast pace. The Syrian state
00:14:01is moving towards stability at a fast pace and is facing
00:14:04multiple and dangerous crises. Syria is being devoured
00:14:08by wolves from all sides, but it has also been able to stand
00:14:12firm and transform within a short period into
00:14:15a state with these clear and strong features. These are signs
00:14:18of stability and strength,
00:14:21of this aspect is what achieves this aspect to a large
00:14:25extent and contributes to accelerating the process of stability in Syria
00:14:27and its growth and prosperity. Therefore,
00:14:30Syria will remain an Arab fortress in this aspect. It will also
00:14:34remain an important platform for the extension
00:14:38of the world of stability in the region,
00:14:40and the bet is that our future
00:14:43is established, alive, and vibrant, no matter how
00:14:47the surrounding circumstances may seem threatening
00:14:51or dangerous. And a message to others:
00:14:54We are together in one rank to achieve
00:14:58this stability and this
00:15:00continuity. Mr. Mohammed Bishi, as
00:15:04editor-in-chief of an economic
00:15:07newspaper, how do you describe
00:15:10the nature of the financial structure of these concessional
00:15:14agreements from the Kingdom?
00:15:17Yes, welcome, Hiba, and to the viewers of Al-Akhbariya
00:15:21and the esteemed guests who are participating
00:15:25in this episode or this program.
00:15:29laid different foundations for what happened
00:15:33after it exercised its political and economic
00:15:36weight on the global level and paved the way
00:15:39for restoring Syria's economic face to the world
00:15:43by first lifting sanctions as a first step,
00:15:46and then contributing to the re-inclusion
00:15:50of Syria within the Swift system or the global
00:15:53system of the global system and the dollar
00:15:57system, lifting all sanctions that prevented businessmen
00:16:01and economists from around the world and countries
00:16:04from dealing with Syria. This stage was very
00:16:08important. The new leadership in Syria, in cooperation
00:16:11with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:16:13contributed to working on it during the past
00:16:16two years and succeeded, with great success, in bringing
00:16:20Syria back to the economic scene after the previous
00:16:24regime contributed to keeping it away from the global
00:16:26financial system for decades. Today, what
00:16:30the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is doing, whether through
00:16:33the Saudi Development Fund agreements
00:16:36or even through the Saudi private sector, is breaking
00:16:42of the global business community that Saudi Arabia
00:16:46today provides loans exceeding
00:16:50400 billion US dollars
00:16:53for vital and important sectors that contribute to laying the foundation
00:16:57for the Syrian economy, and I am talking here
00:17:00about health, energy,
00:17:03and also banking
00:17:08and financial
00:17:10sectors, which are important sectors through which Syrians
00:17:16to the world and seek to attract global
00:17:22when there is a strong, important, and ready
00:17:25foundation. And among these foundations is the Saudi
00:17:29desire and the Saudi financial openness to Syria,
00:17:32which gives confidence. And you know that Saudi Arabia is one
00:17:36of the top twenty countries in the world and has a huge sovereign
00:17:39fund, which is among the ten largest sovereign
00:17:43funds in the world. So when it places its trust in the Syrian
00:17:46economy, other funds will follow, whether
00:17:50international or governmental.
00:17:54today and the signing of these agreements,
00:17:57we are talking about, for example, 90 million
00:18:00dollars to deal with thermal
00:18:03energy, which produces a large
00:18:06amount of electricity in Syria.
00:18:10100 or 90 million dollars to rebuild 1000 housing
00:18:13units. These vital projects are only from the government. We also
00:18:17await the Saudi
00:18:20private sector, and I expect, Hiba, that it will approach
00:18:23this figure of 400 million other
00:18:26dollars from the Saudi private sector, whether in tourism,
00:18:32sector, or the hotel sector, or the telecommunications
00:18:35sector. And we have heard during the past year
00:18:39and this year about a group of Saudi businessmen,
00:18:43and there is a Supreme Council and a Coordination
00:18:46Council between Riyadh and Damascus that discussed
00:18:49the vital projects that can be attractive
00:18:52to the Saudi private sector. What I want to say
00:18:56is that this step that was signed today between Saudi Crown
00:19:00Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Ahmed
00:19:03Al-Sharaa is a fundamental and important step,
00:19:07and its echoes will not only be in the region,
00:19:11but even in the echoes among international
00:19:14investors. Uh-huh, Dr. Mahmoud
00:19:17Abdul Karim, if the value of the six
00:19:21development loans exceeds
00:19:24400 million dollars,
00:19:28Doctor, what is the economic importance of these
00:19:31funds at this particular stage,
00:19:34and what are the sectors that can achieve a direct
00:19:38impact in them? Good evening to you
00:19:41and the honorable guests. In my opinion, the economic
00:19:44importance of the funds lies in the fact that
00:19:47they come at a stage in time when the Syrian
00:19:50economy needs to restart its basic facilities,
00:19:53and not just to inject additional funds.
00:19:57We are talking about 403 million dollars distributed
00:20:00over six development projects aimed at addressing
00:20:03real bottlenecks that hinder the return
00:20:07of production and improving the standard of living.
00:20:10And I believe that the most important impact starts from the electricity
00:20:13sector, which was allocated 90 million dollars
00:20:17to rehabilitate the Aleppo thermal power plant,
00:20:21and the goal was and also
00:20:24aims to improve electricity supplies
00:20:27for about 5 million people. This
00:20:30is not just a household service; regular
00:20:33electricity means that there is capacity
00:20:37for factories and workshops to operate continuously,
00:20:40in addition to reducing reliance on generators
00:20:43and expensive fuel, thus reducing production
00:20:46costs and improving the competitiveness of Syrian
00:20:50industry. Now, if
00:20:53the housing sector, there are 60 million dollars to rehabilitate
00:20:56up to 1000 housing units, which helps
00:21:00families return and revitalizes construction work and provides
00:21:03more job opportunities for craftsmen.
00:21:07As for civil defense, it received the largest
00:21:10allocation of 105 million dollars, for rehabilitation
00:21:14and establishment of 25 centers and mine and war remnants
00:21:18removal. To what extent
00:21:20does this investment contribute to enhancing security
00:21:23and enhancing local stability and also facilitating
00:21:27the return of residents to their areas?
00:21:30Today, the Syrian citizen is concerned
00:21:33with two aspects: the security aspect,
00:21:36and the Syrian state has achieved
00:21:40remarkable successes during the short
00:21:43period, so that the citizen can move freely in Syria
00:21:47wherever he wants without feeling that there is a danger
00:21:50threatening him. We still have the issue of mines
00:21:54that were planted by several parties in this country.
00:21:58And these mines cannot be removed without a building
00:22:02process. We noticed yesterday that the company
00:22:05that is trying to start building the Deir ez-Zor-Damascus
00:22:08highway initially asked
00:22:12the Syrian Ministry of Defense to have engineering
00:22:15teams inspect both sides
00:22:18of the road for a distance of 5 km on each side
00:22:21to remove the mines. So things are interconnected
00:22:25like a complete circle. Perhaps
00:22:28the preparation for mine removal,
00:22:32and thus the Ministry of Emergency Services in cooperation with the Ministry
00:22:36of Defense, preparing this aspect is a step towards reconstruction,
00:22:39as roads cannot be built without being assured
00:22:42that the workers building these roads are safe.
00:22:45And therefore, the Syrian citizen has the largest share in this.
00:22:49And therefore, to my knowledge, the Ministry of Emergency Services,
00:22:52in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, has prepared
00:22:55plans to survey all Syrian lands and ensure
00:22:59they are free of mines and harmful materials.
00:23:03You know, there are some materials that have a carcinogenic effect
00:23:06or something like that. aspect is an aspect
00:23:10that perhaps
00:23:13or perhaps many do not feel its importance,
00:23:16but in building the state, you want to first make sure
00:23:20that the existing soil and land are safe
00:23:24for everyone who moves on it.
00:23:27And therefore, this leads us to the idea of state
00:23:31development. Today, many observers are demanding that the Syrian state
00:23:34implement comprehensive planning at the state level,
00:23:38and this comprehensive planning perhaps one of its first
00:23:41entry points, although it is done through satellites and major
00:23:45companies that undertake planning, but one of the main
00:23:48tools is to ensure
00:23:50that this land, the soil, the rivers,
00:23:54are safe and that there are no materials that could cause
00:23:57a problem. And therefore, the assistance of the Kingdom of Saudi
00:24:01Arabia in this aspect and its emphasis on it is
00:24:05the first step in reconstruction
00:24:08the subsequent steps can move forward.
00:24:11And this comes within a strategic context for building the state,
00:24:14as states are not built
00:24:18and towers, but also by the citizen's
00:24:22feeling of security. There is another aspect
00:24:25in this agreement, which is the focus on
00:24:28sustainable development, long-term development, whether
00:24:31in the thermal power station in Aleppo
00:24:34or the health aspect or otherwise. Meaning,
00:24:37the work today is not about simple things
00:24:41or things related to direct livelihood, as much as it is
00:24:45related to building the state, and building a state without
00:24:48health, without a safe geography,
00:24:52without electricity, without roads,
00:24:55without these services, cannot move forward.
00:24:59Well, Professor Jasser, also among the agreements that were signed
00:25:03is an agreement signed between the ministries of defense
00:25:06of the two countries. What is the message from this?
00:25:10Saudi-Syrian defense cooperation.
00:25:13Of course, I believe that this is a very necessary
00:25:16stage and step to enhance Syrian defense capabilities.
00:25:20A nascent state, a new state, a state that, unfortunately,
00:25:23all of its original state capabilities were wasted,
00:25:27destroyed, and stolen. Therefore, rebuilding
00:25:30this basic structure that protects the state and provides
00:25:33security is essential. Developing capabilities is a very
00:25:37important issue to achieve
00:25:40I emphasize, Hiba, the point that these agreements did not come
00:25:44randomly and were not impulsive. They perceive
00:25:48the nature of the fundamental problems that hinder the Syrian
00:25:52state's ability to achieve economic and developmental
00:25:56growth within it and to achieve stability
00:25:59factors. Syria is not in need of loans,
00:26:03actually. It is not in need of aid. Syria possesses
00:26:06highly efficient human capabilities. It possesses
00:26:09capabilities, it possesses natural resources.
00:26:13It is only paralyzed by the pressing necessities
00:26:18it is experiencing and the destruction that its infrastructure
00:26:23Therefore, today, this view, the nature of these
00:26:26agreements is based on, let's say, addressing
00:26:29the pivotal wounds that obstruct
00:26:33or impede or hinder the movement of the state
00:26:37in growth, development, and stability, and that
00:26:40hinder the desire of others to invest in Syria,
00:26:44and that impede or make the Syrian citizen
00:26:48who has migrated doubt returning to his country
00:26:51and working in it fully. So it is a system for establishing
00:26:54infrastructure. It is very important at all levels
00:26:56to have an active country. A developing country cannot
00:27:00be formed, and as Dr. Mahmoud mentioned,
00:27:04agriculture or industry cannot be established
00:27:11factor. This state of stability cannot be
00:27:13achieved without a security infrastructure that is
00:27:17high-level, high-quality, and coherent, and possesses
00:27:21So we are moving step by step
00:27:24does not depend on the idea that this Saudi-Syrian cooperation is limited to just
00:27:28urging other countries to participate, urging broader Gulf participation,
00:27:31urging expanded Gulf participation, urging global participation
00:27:35completely, planting factors of stability,
00:27:39cooperating in
00:27:42cooperating in averting the harm and challenges that
00:27:46could affect
00:27:49amazing political presence of Syria, the political presence
00:27:52that was able to address all political challenges
00:27:56and move intelligently in these difficult circumstances,
00:27:59and establish a series of balanced
00:28:03and very intelligent relationships despite these circumstances in a way that helps
00:28:06the country move towards its internal structure completely and address
00:28:10its internal problems of an economic
00:28:14and developmental nature essentially. This is a transformation. Today we
00:28:17say the challenge now is for Syria to return to what it was in its
00:28:20previous state, not as it was under the regime when Syria
00:28:24was great. Today we all know that we miss
00:28:28the Syria that was Syria, the state that possesses very
00:28:32high agricultural potential. Syria, I mean the Syria that emerged
00:28:36without debts, able to work today and transform with this message that
00:28:40comes to everyone today, "Come to Syria, let's work for
00:28:43Syria." This is an effort, I think, that is focused
00:28:47on, but there are hidden channels that
00:28:50the Kingdom is using to urge countries,
00:28:53organizations, and conferences. Soon, if the circumstances calm down
00:28:57a little and the region experiences some stability
00:29:00that helps movement, there will be work for the issue of reconstruction,
00:29:04a project to fund projects, to fund
00:29:07international partnerships. The picture will be different, but here
00:29:11today the foundations have been laid, the necessary basic
00:29:14components have been laid. Electricity is a right, health
00:29:18is a right, and reconstruction and all of them are interconnected,
00:29:21Mr. Jasser. Mr. Muhammad, also,
00:29:25several agreements, including a defense agreement, Mr.
00:29:28Muhammad, are there perhaps messages and connotations
00:29:33deeper than bilateral connotations between
00:29:36Syria and Saudi Arabia?
00:29:39The message as a whole, or the first and most
00:29:43important message, is that Syria today has become more ready
00:29:47to move to the stage of actual construction,
00:29:49and that Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states
00:29:53in general have begun to invest in Syria from a position of confidence in this
00:29:57distinguished economy. The fact that all these partnerships that
00:30:00took place today and before that
00:30:04were based on two important criteria. The first criterion is Saudi Arabia's capabilities
00:30:07in these fields, whether in the fields of digital
00:30:11transformation or in the fields
00:30:14of energy
00:30:17and energy management and load distribution
00:30:21and distribution of energy sources within
00:30:23Syria.
00:30:26Yes, the experience of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in this regard
00:30:30also in the matter of housing. Today, Saudi Arabia has major companies
00:30:33and has implemented major projects in the field
00:30:35of housing.
00:30:38So Saudi Arabia started from the advantages that it possesses and also started from
00:30:41the needs of Syrians today, as colleagues said, these are necessary
00:30:45needs, but they are also important
00:30:48for establishing a new economy for Syria. What is unique in
00:30:52Syria is that it has capabilities, meaning
00:30:55there are great opportunities, meaning today
00:30:58Saudi investors