Syrian government statement on future economic direction

The Syrian government's statements was read on Saturday during the 7th legislative term at the Syrian People's assembly ( Parliament).

The statement stressed the government's full care to protect the great achievements materialized through the past three decades and for enhancing the march of comprehensive development, solid national unity, political and social stability and security the country is witnessing, under the leadership of President Hafez al-Assad.

The statement outlined the government's on forthcoming work plans which aim among other things to reactivate economic pluralism, to deepen positiveness, to maintain socio-economic stability, to modernize elements of the country's national economy so as to be able to cope with modern changes to promote quality and quantity production to mobilize all-out potentials and to protect interests of the people.

The statement considered the achieving of a comprehensive national information technology IT, culture and scientific development is the government's first modernization task. It also reviewed the financial, economic and development policy in development planning, trade and economic orientation. These orientations include improving the role of the public sector, providing opportunities for all producers and investors from all economic sectors and following up the work to develop relations with all the sisterly Arab states in different fields.

The economic orientation also include following up the making of trade and economic agreements, the agreement of protecting and encouraging investment with all friendly foreign countries and continuing the negotiations of the Syrian- European partnership within the framework of the Barcelona declaration of 1997 to achieve more cooperation and coordination between Syria and the European Union member states.