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00:00:03developments on
00:00:04we now see indeed there is caution in
00:00:09to take this
00:00:28and economy being capable of
00:00:35but brothers'
00:00:50we will discuss Syria
00:00:52of these funds on and Saudi Arabia signing agreements and memoranda of understanding covering
00:00:55development, health, and defense,
00:00:57and therefore mean commitments on and the implications of this step on the economic
00:01:00and military realities, and the nature of the relationship between Damascus
00:01:03and Riyadh. In our second hour,
00:01:06we will address the statement by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Mrs.
00:01:10Hind Qabawat, regarding the proposal to grant citizenship
00:01:12to children of Syrian women married
00:01:15we, in the frameworks to non-Syrians and its progress to the approval stage. We will discuss its importance
00:01:19and the legal and societal obstacles
00:01:21that hinder
00:01:33We are aware of
00:01:43part of, I mean, signing this
00:01:50the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There are also on country that are attacking
00:01:54Syria and Saudi Arabia signed agreements and memoranda
00:01:58requests from of understanding in various fields, in the presence
00:02:02Whether in the Gulf or in of President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
00:02:05bin Salman at Al-Yamamah Palace
00:02:06and the Kingdom usually does in the capital Riyadh. This included several areas,
00:02:14to stand, to stand with and transparency in this including industry, military cooperation, and financial services. Agreements and new memoranda of understanding
00:02:16were signed between Syria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:02:19at Al-Yamamah Palace in the capital Riyadh, in a visit that is
00:02:23the second of its kind in less than a month, and at the highest level
00:02:27of diplomatic representation. Represented
00:02:30by President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defense,
00:02:34Finance, Industry, Trade, and Interior, in addition to
00:02:37the head of the General Intelligence Service.
00:02:40awaits from The Presidency clarified that the agreements
00:02:42and memoranda of understanding covered fields of development,
00:02:45infrastructure, energy, housing, health, industry,
00:02:49agriculture, and environment, in addition to financial services and military
00:02:52cooperation. For its part, the Ministry of Finance indicated the signing
00:02:56of six agreements for concessional development loans with the
00:03:00Saudi Fund for Development, worth over
00:03:03came with, 403 million dollars to finance
00:03:06projects in electricity, health, housing, water, and civil defense,
00:03:11is our message, to stand with in addition to developing government people who live in financial services digitally. On
00:03:16people. When we stood with the military front, the Syrian and Saudi Defense Ministers signed a cooperation agreement
00:03:19between the two countries. In parallel, and on the diplomatic
00:03:24the integration of security with the agreements reached with front, the Presidency stated that President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince
00:03:28Mohammed bin Salman
00:03:30available in our markets. But in discussed bilateral relations and ways to develop them in
00:03:33various fields. They also exchanged views
00:03:36on the overall current regional and international situation.
00:03:39The discussions covered
00:03:41the integration of security with the repercussions of any military escalation on regional
00:03:45and international security and stability,
00:03:47regulator in maritime navigation safety, and the sustainability of
00:03:49energy supplies and global economic stability. Both sides also affirmed
00:03:54can be opened for dialogue the importance of strengthening regional and international efforts to de-escalate
00:03:56and contain crises, prioritizing dialogue and diplomacy,
00:04:01the Ministries of Defense in and resolving disputes by peaceful means.
00:04:03While these agreements
00:04:06in order to develop this and memoranda of understanding reflect a growing rapprochement in Syrian-Saudi
00:04:09relations, observers believe
00:04:12but also they represent a new step
00:04:14who will primarily revive towards expanding cooperation between the two countries in developmental, economic,
00:04:18and investment files, in parallel with continued political coordination
00:04:21on regional issues and common
00:04:25challenges.
00:04:26We will discuss this file with
00:04:30Dr. Abdul Basit Abu Nabbut, researcher in international relations from
00:04:35will help this Damascus, and Colonel Mustafa
00:04:37or importance of what happened in Al-Shaddad, security and strategic expert from Damascus as well. Welcome, Dr.
00:04:39Nasser Al-Qarawi, head of the Saudi Center for Studies and Research from
00:04:43Riyadh. Welcome, and Mr. Mohammed Nasser Hamou, economic expert
00:04:46and financial advisor from Aleppo. Welcome
00:04:49as well. I'll start with you,
00:04:52Dr. Abdul
00:04:56aspect of this Basit. These sectors to which these funds
00:05:00were distributed, in your opinion, will they go to develop these
00:05:03sectors, or will some of them go to employee salaries in
00:05:07public
00:05:11and moving from sectors? Welcome.
00:05:20It depends on the country that receives it, and the mechanism of monitoring it, and the mechanisms
00:05:24of oversight to implement these projects. The priorities now
00:05:28in Syria, I expect, are starting reconstruction and the projects that
00:05:31were presented within these agreements are agreements related to rebuilding the infrastructure
00:05:34that also contributes to this matter. It is not
00:05:38a loan, a concessional loan. And we will ask what this means
00:05:41as well. Today we are talking about a concessional loan and not
00:05:45grants. Yes.
00:05:48Yes, the concessional loan also means its conditions are light,
00:05:51and it is a kind of building, meaning a test for the beginning
00:05:55of a project, investment projects. The country
00:05:58that receives these funds may sometimes be free in
00:06:01how to, meaning, dispose
00:06:05the priority matter. So if the priority
00:06:08is towards the need for salaries, it will be so. But if the issue
00:06:11of salaries has another outlet within the budget
00:06:15or another grant available with other support, it might go
00:06:19that way. But the focus now on these projects is that they should be, meaning, the first fruits
00:06:23of Saudi investment in preparing the infrastructure, which
00:06:26we also hope will open. So these funds will go
00:06:29to develop these sectors more than
00:06:32to be spent on the public sector
00:06:35related to operating wages for employees. They will have
00:06:39developmental goals, especially since you mentioned that concessional loans do not
00:06:43have many difficult conditions.
00:06:45Exactly,
00:06:48exactly, exactly. And there is a special mechanism also for monitoring
00:06:52and following up on the implementation of these projects, which is
00:06:55agreement. Uh-huh. I mean, given that
00:06:58there is a monitoring mechanism, we must go here to
00:07:02Mr. Nasser. Welcome.
00:07:05What are the conditions that the Kingdom
00:07:08of Saudi Arabia the Syrian government
00:07:13in this concessional loan, especially since the sectors are specific,
00:07:16six sectors? How will these conditions be binding
00:07:20and how will there be oversight
00:07:34are very strong and have exceeded
00:07:37all international relations standards.
00:07:40Because the Syrian people need the Saudi people
00:07:44to stand with them,
00:07:48and the stage that Syria is experiencing
00:07:52the brothers, led by the Kingdom
00:07:55of Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom has extended its arms
00:07:59and opened its heart, and also
00:08:02opened its doors of support for the Syrian
00:08:06people. The visit you referred to is
00:08:09recent, recent in time for
00:08:13what the Syrian delegation with President
00:08:16Al-Sharaa and the relevant ministers
00:08:20for such sectors. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:08:23discussed, through relations and also
00:08:27the joint committee, what are the work priorities that
00:08:31Syria needs, whether it relates
00:08:34to the needs of the people
00:08:37in the first place, and also the needs
00:08:40of the government regarding strengthening its financial position and its stability,
00:08:44and also maintaining a
00:08:47stability rate and also stability for the Syrian
00:08:51lira, because
00:08:54the Syrian currency, the Kingdom looks at it as a very strong
00:08:59influencing all these matters. The Kingdom
00:09:03has opened everything that
00:09:06with the Syrian brothers through also the priorities
00:09:10in the government program and
00:09:14what are the executive steps, because we have
00:09:17passed the stage of moral partnership
00:09:20and announcing that and the return
00:09:24of harmony in Syria and the change
00:09:27of the regime to the current regime. This role
00:09:30certainly contributes to the essence of these
00:09:34agreements and these working
00:09:37papers that were discussed. So we look, in the Kingdom
00:09:41of Saudi Arabia, that our role is a pioneering
00:09:44and leading role
00:09:47for such matters because we are responsible before the Syrian
00:09:51people that we are keen to
00:09:54ensure that the Syrian people and the Syrian government are within
00:09:58their program and within their direction in the highest
00:10:01degrees of safety and stability
00:10:04and also development. Yes, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as
00:10:08you mentioned, has been, since the first moment of liberation, standing by
00:10:11the Syrian people and government, and before that, it stood by the Syrian people.
00:10:15But before we delve into the details
00:10:18of the figures, I'll go to Mr.
00:10:22Mohammed Nasser Hammoum. In your opinion, if this
00:10:25visit to Saudi Arabia at this time means that
00:10:28there is an economic impasse suffering
00:10:31in the country and it was forced
00:10:34concessional
00:10:48is that Syria needs to develop these
00:10:51sectors, and therefore, it went
00:10:55to Saudi Arabia to sign these agreements and to sign these
00:10:58concessional development loans
00:11:02worth 403 million, which
00:11:05will cover many sectors,
00:11:09as you stated and as you mentioned. These
00:11:11loans are commitments and not
00:11:15grants. If these loans were concessional development
00:11:18loans, they are loans,
00:11:22the Syrian government, and therefore,
00:11:26the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:11:28as part of its loan plans, stated that
00:11:32loans are disbursed
00:11:35based on the percentage of completion.
00:11:38This is the method of contracting with the Kingdom of
00:11:41Saudi Arabia. I do not entirely agree with
00:11:44what you said about these loans going
00:11:48to pay salaries or pensions
00:11:51of employees. On the contrary, the Kingdom of Saudi
00:11:55Arabia grants these loans based
00:11:58on Mr. Mohammed, we asked if
00:12:02they would go to operational
00:12:05salaries or to developmental sectors
00:12:08to develop them.
00:12:11Always, always, always, development loans go to
00:12:14their intended place for the purpose for which they were taken.
00:12:18Therefore, the Kingdom of Arabia operating
00:12:21wages are part of developing these sectors. You know
00:12:25that there are large numbers of public sector employees,
00:12:28and there is a problem with this. There are,
00:12:31there are, there are greater needs
00:12:34than the issue of employee salaries. There are
00:12:37the electricity sector, the health sector, the civil defense sector, the water sector.
00:12:41These need repair
00:12:44and need equipment and tools,
00:12:47etc. These sectors and this good financial
00:12:51injection in its place and time
00:12:55helped with the issue of liquidity pressure, according to
00:12:58completion rates. It will relieve the burden on the general
00:13:01budget in some sectors, whether health or
00:13:04civil defense, etc. All these loans
00:13:07come as emergency
00:13:11cases for the situation in
00:13:15reconstruction and development in Syria. Of course, the size
00:13:18of the requirements and needs is large, but these
00:13:22loans come in a state that is an
00:13:25emergency to begin the process of Syrian development.
00:13:28Syria is still in the recovery phase, but these concessional
00:13:32loans, could you explain them to us, especially since it was indicated that
00:13:36their conditions would be easy or, I mean, there would not
00:13:39be harsh conditions, presumably?
00:13:43These restrictions will be disbursed,
00:13:46these loans according to
00:13:49the Syrian government, and these loans
00:13:52will be repaid over a period that
00:13:55is not long-term, but it is long and concessional,
00:13:58and I believe it is without interest, etc. Therefore,
00:14:02it will be easy for the Syrian government to repay
00:14:05it and fulfill its obligations towards the Kingdom
00:14:08of Saudi Arabia, thankfully, for these
00:14:11loans that will help
00:14:13the Syrian
00:14:16economy to develop and recover. Yes, Mr. Mustafa,
00:14:19during this visit, a cooperation agreement
00:14:23was signed between
00:14:26the two countries. In your opinion, how will
00:14:29this agreement take shape, and how can this concessional loan
00:14:33be utilized within this agreement? I mean, what
00:14:37kind of agreement is possible for a defense agreement
00:14:41that the Ministers of Defense in Syria
00:14:44and the Kingdom of Saudi
00:14:58the reading
00:15:02Riyadh recently, or reading what happened in Riyadh, is
00:15:06related only to the value of the economic agreements that
00:15:09were signed, or even merely signing a defense
00:15:13cooperation agreement, frankly. Secondly,
00:15:16I do not believe that concessional loans are even linked
00:15:20to the issue of the defense cooperation
00:15:23agreement that already took place between
00:15:40the strategic, political, and military levels more
00:15:44broadly. The question that
00:15:46arises, what, I mean, the question that we should
00:15:50be discussing now is not what the Kingdom
00:15:53of Saudi Arabia will offer to Syria, whether it concerns the Ministry
00:15:57of Defense or the security aspect, but rather what is the role
00:16:00or what is the place that Syria will occupy in
00:16:03the regional security equation, frankly? I mean,
00:16:06if we read the agreement
00:16:09from, I mean, militarily, I mean, frankly, we
00:16:13do not focus on merely signing an agreement, but rather
00:16:15what are the clauses, commitments, and defensive
00:16:19capabilities and commitments? But
00:16:22ultimately, the equation has winners. It is supposed to be
00:16:25what Saudi Arabia will offer to Syria in defense matters,
00:16:29and what Syria will offer
00:16:30in return.
00:16:33There must be winners in this
00:16:35equation.
00:16:38True, true. We are facing a defense cooperation
00:16:40agreement, and we must differentiate between a defense cooperation
00:16:44agreement and a joint defense alliance agreement.
00:16:48There is, I mean, there is a difference between the two. I mean,
00:16:53that have taken place currently, we are talking about a defense
00:16:56cooperation agreement. Yes, both parties benefit from it.
00:17:00The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia benefits from it. The Syrian state
00:17:04benefits from it. Each has their strategic goals, and each has interests, and there are common
00:17:07interests, and there are overlaps, my lady.
00:17:11the regional level of what the Kingdom
00:17:14of Saudi Arabia is suffering from in regional issues and what Syria is suffering from.
00:17:17And we want to talk. There is a party, for the Kingdom
00:17:21of Saudi Arabia, related to militias present in a neighboring
00:17:28the Syrian borders militias tampering with
00:17:31some matters in the Syrian security
00:17:34files. There is
00:17:37a wide regional war being waged by the United States
00:17:41of America and Israel against Iran. It includes Saudi Arabia. Iran
00:17:44is attacking sites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and there is
00:17:48also a country attacking Syria
00:17:51and entering southern Syria and
00:17:54tampering with Syrian security. So if we
00:17:57want to talk more broadly, there are common interests between
00:18:00the two countries. There is a common
00:18:04vision for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and for President Ahmed.
00:18:08There is a common vision for the entire regional file. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:18:11seeks for Syria to be a pivotal state, a state that achieves
00:18:15regional security, a state that can protect
00:18:18its borders. I mean, this is a strategic interest for
00:18:21the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Therefore, we are witnessing
00:18:25cooperation on the security and military
00:18:28sides. In detail, how will
00:18:31this defense cooperation be? What can
00:18:34the two parties offer each other, especially since, as you said,
00:18:38it comes amid regional transformations and,
00:18:42perhaps, strategic changes in the region? I'll go
00:18:45back to Dr. Abdul Basit.
00:18:48What about Syria's policy
00:18:51of not borrowing? Has Syria started to change
00:18:55this policy, and is this concessional loan
00:18:58it received from the Kingdom of
00:19:02Saudi Arabia the beginning of going
00:19:05for loans, and perhaps later, Syria will go to the International Monetary
00:19:08Fund?
00:19:12Yes, indeed, perhaps Syria was slow in moving towards
00:19:15the issue of loans, especially large conditional loans or World Bank
00:19:19loans. But at the same time, it opened the door for the International Monetary Fund and the World
00:19:23Bank to come to Syria and reconsider and re-engage if
00:19:26it is able to provide certain grants that raise
00:19:30the level of digital transformation and financial transformation in Syria
00:19:33from its side, in addition to the fact that Syria needs these grants. These are grants provided by
00:19:37the international community from these two institutions, the International Monetary Fund
00:19:41and the World Bank. Syria also, in its policy,
00:19:44was trying to support the Syrian people themselves,
00:19:47or Syrian traders, Syrian investors, they are the ones
00:19:52the Syrian economy and investment opportunities. Is it expected
00:19:56to give up on it, or is there a change starting
00:19:59with, I mean, concessional loans, and we go to
00:20:02larger conditional loans, especially, we repeat again, the relationship
00:20:06with the International Monetary Fund?
00:20:13Exactly, it started as grants, but there is no doubt that Syria is now subject to some
00:20:16political pressures that might make it, I mean, face an exacerbation
00:20:20of the economic issue and an inability to manage it effectively,
00:20:24which could be one of the matters on the table:
00:20:28going towards borrowing from the International Monetary
00:20:31Fund and the World Bank. The fear from this cooperation or this
00:20:35from these loans is that they might be an entry point, that they might be,
00:20:38controlling the political decision in Syria. So far,
00:20:41there is no such strong trend from the broad door.
00:20:45There is reliance on Arab investments
00:20:49gradual rapprochement politically, and
00:20:54investment and the economy coming to Syria based on
00:20:57readings that might differ from one country to another, but
00:21:01the serious Saudi intervention in, I mean, supporting,
00:21:04I mean, with projects, even if they are small developmental ones, this gives an indication
00:21:07of stability and seriousness that
00:21:11everyone else can also come with this seriousness and trust. Syria, I mean,
00:21:15relies on its investment
00:21:18recovering on their own, but
00:21:20time needs support from real and serious partners. Ah.
00:21:23Okay, Dr. Nasser,
00:21:27the emergency and civil defense sector leads
00:21:30these or this loan with an amount of
00:21:33105 million US dollars.
00:21:36in particular? Perhaps the issue
00:21:40falls under the "Syria without
00:21:43camps" plan? Why is support for this sector
00:21:46in particular, or the largest amount of the loan, going to this sector in particular?
00:22:04the financial aspect,
00:22:07the Kingdom of Saudi
00:22:11Arabia does not go to
00:22:13the International
00:22:15Monetary Fund project, nor the World Bank, nor even
00:22:19countries that go to countries, even if they are
00:22:22neighboring or from the context
00:22:26of its policy to benefit from these
00:22:29loans. The Kingdom does not look for the loan to be
00:22:32beneficial for its own
00:22:35interest. It wants to give
00:22:38and provide financial coverage
00:22:41to the Syrian government, because
00:22:44the Syrian government needs such a Saudi role
00:22:47and on the brothers.
00:22:52the Arab world, and I do not think that the Arab
00:22:55world is capable of that, but
00:22:59the Gulf specifically, and here comes
00:23:01the role of the Syrian
00:23:04government in activating the relationship
00:23:07between current Syria
00:23:09and some countries that
00:23:12have the ability and potential to go
00:23:16to Dr. Nasser, during the past period, there has been an activation
00:23:20of relations between the Syrian state
00:23:23and the Arab Gulf states on the political level and on
00:23:26the level of meetings. What has
00:23:29changed now? What has changed now? Can we say
00:23:33that a new phase has begun with real support from Gulf
00:23:37countries, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at its head, that
00:23:40we will see real financial support different from
00:23:43the past phase? And why now? Allow me,
00:23:46sister Ruba, give me a chance to clarify this
00:23:50message to the Syrian people. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:23:54as you mentioned, and we know that, and this
00:23:58is our duty, and this is our destiny, and this
00:24:01the Syrian people and any Arab
00:24:06the Syrian people to restore their position,
00:24:10their life, and their stability,
00:24:13Syrian goods were, until recently, and Syrian products
00:24:17were the former
00:24:21regime,
00:24:23may God keep it away from the hearts
00:24:26of Syrians, the Kingdom has a vision,
00:24:29and has the ability,
00:24:32and also has a challenge to
00:24:36restore Syria to what it was, to the extent that
00:24:39the Kingdom can, whether it concerns lifting
00:24:42sanctions, what Prince Mohammed did with
00:24:46the Syrian government and with
00:24:49the American president. We, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:24:53as a people and a leadership,
00:24:56view this role as a beginning and not
00:25:00an end. A beginning,
00:25:02Syria cannot absorb astronomical
00:25:06figures of loans and funds
00:25:09that might go in directions like what is happening
00:25:12now in the brotherly country of Iraq. We
00:25:16believe that the amount of rain, when it falls
00:25:19gently, benefits the earth, not storms,
00:25:22and not this matter. Regarding
00:25:26the concessional loans,
00:25:29they are open in terms of time
00:25:32and for a specific time, but also the Kingdom has
00:25:36a desire for Syria to achieve the potential
00:25:40to develop and invest such funds. The other
00:25:44matter, in the most important
00:25:46vision, is that there are those who play in
00:25:50outer space,
00:25:53social media, or ill-wishers, or
00:25:56those who harm the Saudi government
00:26:00and the brothers in Syria, that
00:26:03the agreement is military between them. The goal
00:26:06of that is the integration of the role between the Kingdom
00:26:09and Syria. We are all in one boat,
00:26:13and the region is heading for major changes. The Kingdom
00:26:16looks at what is happening today,
00:26:19specifically what is happening in some parts of
00:26:23the Syrian people or lands from unrest. The Kingdom does not want
00:26:26such things to continue, like what happened with ISIS
00:26:30and what happened with the previous regime. The Kingdom will be
00:26:34by Syria's side,
00:26:37relationship is not defined by what
00:26:40is measured by a ruler and pencil. The Saudi-Syrian
00:26:43relationship is a blood relationship,
00:26:47a dialogue relationship for the future,
00:26:51building Syria and building Saudi Arabia
00:26:54to be, because Syria is,
00:26:57I mean, it is the incubator
00:26:59for Arab work in the region,
00:27:03and we see it as our depth. Syria
00:27:06and Iraq are also another depth, but we lost them at
00:27:09one point and they went out of
00:27:13the priorities. We are restoring what was between us, and this
00:27:16is certainly what is happening. As for the upcoming
00:27:19developmental projects, they are
00:27:23the beginning of a first harvest and a very large
00:27:26number and astronomical figures. We will not talk about this
00:27:30specific point. What are the future lines? Because it seems,
00:27:33as Dr. Nasser said, there is a new policy related
00:27:37to loans, support, and grants
00:27:41provided to Syria by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in more than
00:27:59institutions, the World Bank and the International Monetary
00:28:02Fund, and some of the sectors in which the Kingdom played
00:28:06a very significant role that it did not announce,
00:28:09not announce what it achieves. It pressured
00:28:12these two international institutions
00:28:16the Syrian people, to stand
00:28:19with them and also the European group.
00:28:22It also played with the United States of America on the issue of lifting
00:28:26sanctions. This was a clear role and clear
00:28:29white hands from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The political aspect,
00:28:33the support aspect. However, this
00:28:36international institution bears a large part of
00:28:40its responsibility towards restoring the Syrian people to
00:28:43their previous life. Yes, yes. Mr.
00:28:46Mohammed Hammou, if we ask you also, within all these projects,
00:28:49and because we want to talk in numbers, in your opinion,
00:28:53the distribution of these 403 million dollars to
00:28:56sectors, led by the emergency and civil
00:28:59defense sector, does it really mean, as I asked Dr. Nasser a little while ago,
00:29:02because it will serve its plan for a Syria without camps, and this is
00:29:06a very important point, and
00:29:10our Syrian
00:29:13the camps are waiting for it and want to return to their
00:29:16original
00:29:19areas. My dear, first of all,
00:29:22it is necessary to define matters one way or another. It is
00:29:27the economy. Both the Syrian
00:29:30and Saudi governments realize that if these development
00:29:34loans exist, there must be a defensive plan in order
00:29:38to ensure the continuity
00:29:41and survival of these development projects, and thus
00:29:44the economy. The summary of the agreements
00:29:48that took place between the Syrian government and
00:29:51the Saudi government is actually the
00:29:55development of the civil defense sector because it is a sector
00:29:58that needs equipment and needs
00:30:01mechanisms. It needs a plan
00:30:04and equipment that is non-combat
00:30:09sector and prepare it well. This comes within
00:30:13the framework and scope of the plan to end the displacement in
00:30:16Syria and comes within the plan
00:30:18to end the situation of the displaced
00:30:22and refugees and camps, and this also comes in support
00:30:26of the housing development sector and the
00:30:29health sector, and thus giving this priority to the Ministry
00:30:32of Emergency
00:30:35with non-combat equipment
00:30:38sector to redevelop and
00:30:41house, in addition to rehabilitating damaged housing units with
00:30:4560 million dollars, and this confirms your words, meaning it confirms your words
00:30:53and securing civil defense
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