Syrian remote areas enjoy development plans

Deputy premier Abdullah Dardari said that the eastern area of Syria enjoy utmost priority in the current and future development process in Syria.

In a statement to reporters during his tour in the eastern governorates, Dardari said on Wednesday that the government is fully aware that the area deserves to be called the main pole of development in Syria, due to what it enjoys of wealth and human and natural resources, adding that the focus now is on turning the eastern governorates to an area of investment attraction through building industrial cities in it where the raw materials for industry are available in the area.

He also indicated that the there are plans to expand the farming areas to 60 thousand hectares, in addition to reclamation of 65 thousand hectares in the eastern area during the 10th five-year plan whereby unemployment can be contained, and the living conditions of the residents can be improved.

He revealed that the Ministry of Tourism has plans to carryout a number of important projects in the eastern areas.

Dardari inspected a number of industrial plants and sports centers and opened faculties of Medicine, Law, and Petrochemical Engineering in Deir-Ezzor. He also visited some of the private sector projects.