Expatriates Conference recommends commitment to serve the homeland
Participants in the Syrian Expatriates Conference held on September 9 and 10 on Sunday in Damascus recommended to boost the efforts of the Ministry of Expatriates, in cooperation with Defense Ministry, to prepare a draft law that includes tangible amendments regarding the money payment and the military service abroad.
In a final statement, the participants insisted on the necessity of facilitating measures of giving passports to expatriates and empower the Syrian embassies abroad to give new passports, and facilitate measures of registration concerning Syrian citizens who want to marry foreign women.
They recommended to increase the number of seats and scholarships for the expatriates sons in the Syrian universities, help them establish institutions and hospitals, Arabic Language TV channel in a way to be capable of supporting issues of the motherland.
The participants referred to the significance of putting a comprehensive strategy to develop the human resources in Syria and to ensure the free movement of capital to attract investments to Syria.
They called for establishing a fund that is to be financed by expatriates to form an independent media commission to back the motherland causes and show the real image of Arabs in the international circles and confront campaigns which try to distort Arab and Islamic real image.
They said the Commission will aim at founding a net of Arab media men that contributes to activating the Arab media action through adopting effective media policies, and establish a site on the Internet to activate contacts between expatriates and their motherland.
The participants also recommended to set up a follow-up committee for tourism to activate culture and tourism in Syria through putting a tourism policy to enhance the tourism action and develop infrastructures and tourism centers all over the world.
They underlined the necessity of developing the investment environment in Syria with all its legislative, institutional and service fields to attract investments and offer help to the joint stock companies.
