مجلس الشورى الإيراني يصدق على اتفاقية التجارة الحرة بين إيران وسورية
Iranian Shura Council Endorses Free Trade Agreement between Iran and Syria
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/12/13/387941.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/24/2011/12/13/388086.htm
Dec 13, 2011
TEHRAN, (SANA) - Iranian Shura Council on Tuesday endorsed the Free Trade List signed between Syria and Iran with 142 MPs voting for the resolution, 12 rejected and 16 abstained out of total 290.
The said list, labeled as the Free Trade Agreement between Iran and Syria, was put on the agenda of the Parliament according to a proposal submitted by Head of the Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Ala al-Din Boroujerdi.
Boroujerdi, for his part, underlined that Syria encounters a conspiracy and a violent media campaign led by the US and its allies which spent billions of dollar to break its struggle and resistance.
"The US and its allies are leading a violent media campaign through al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya TV channels against Syria,"
Boroujerdi said. He added that he expressed the Iranian people's denunciation of the Turkish stance regarding Syria during his latest meeting with the Turkish Foreign Minister.
Syrian-Iranian Talks on Cooperation in Housing, Transport and Tourism Sectors
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/12/14/388115.htm
Dec 14, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Activities of the 9th regular session of the Syrian-Iranian Follow-up Committee for Economic Cooperation started in Damascus on Tuesday co-chaired by Syrian Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohammed Nidal al-Sha'ar and Iranian Minister of Transportation and Urban Development, Ali Nikzad.
The two sides agreed on forming four committees to discuss means of enhancing economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.
Syria, Iran Discuss Cooperation in Housing Sector
Minister of Housing and Construction Eng. Hala al-Nasser discussed with Nikzad means of activating the Syrian-Iranian cooperation in housing sector.
Eng. Al-Nasser indicated to the importance of benefiting from the Iranian expertise, hoping that the two parties would reach a cooperation agreement.
Minister al-Nasser hoped that the Syrians will make use of the Iranian experience in housing sector as the Ministry plans to build 50,000 housing units.
For his part the Iranian Minister talked about the Iranian experience in this filed through building 2,800 million housing units for law-income people in different Iranian provinces which was the first of its kind in the world regarding high quality and implementation time period.
Nikzad said that his country is ready to support Syria in all fields and that they will cooperate with the Syrian Ministry of Housing and Construction to carry out the housing units to be announced at the beginning of 2011.
Syrian-Iranian Cooperation in Land, Air, Sea and Rail Transport Discussed
Talks between Minister of Transport Dr. Fayssal Abbas and Minister Nikzad focused on means of activating cooperation in the fields of land, air, sea and rail transport.
Minister Abbas said that we are confident as much as the Iranian side that Syria will overcome the crisis thanks to the cooperation between brothers and the awareness of the Syrian people despite some countries' efforts to siege Syria.
For his part, the Iranian Minister said that this visit aims at studying what has been agreed upon and exploring new prospects for cooperation on all levels.
In turn, Assistant Minister for Air Transport Affairs Mahmoud Zanbo'a said that the two sides agreed on holding a tripartite meeting (Syrian-Iranian- Iraqi) to discuss the issue of activating the land corridor linking the three countries and that this meeting should be proceeded by bilateral meetings between Syria and Iraq on one hand and Iran and Iraq on the other hand within no more than one month.
Regarding the free trade agreement between the two countries, he said that the two sides agreed on providing facilitations for trucks movement within a specified period of time that doesn't exceed two months.
In the field of rail transport, the Syrian and Iranian sides agreed on holding a tripartite meeting between Syrian, Iran and Iraq to follow up the implementation of this project, in addition to activating the existing railway between Syria and Iraq, from the Syrian ports till al-Basra in Iraq whose annual capacity amounted to 2 million tons.
Regarding air transport, a tripartite meeting is due to be held by the end of 2011 to discuss the possibility of increasing the number of flights between Iran -Shanghai and Damascus-Caracas.
In Customs, increasing the transit traffic of cars entering to Syria was discussed, with Syrian side currently studying steps to carry out a project on following up the trucks via satellite.
Cooperation in Tourism Reviewed
On the other hand, Tourism Minister Lamia Assi and Iranian Minister Nikzad reviewed the possibility of tourism cooperation, especially religious tourism.
Minister Assi underlined the Ministry's interest to upgrade tourism in Syria in light of the important tourist destinations in Syria.
The Ministry is ready to send technicians to Iran with the aim of studying the possibility of establishing joint tourist projects, said Assai, adding that the Ministry is providing all the necessary facilitations to the visitors and tourists.
For his part Nikzad highlighted the importance of improving religious tourism in Syria which will positively contribute to enhancing the Syrian economy in the face of foreign challenges.
الفعاليات التجارية والاقتصادية تبدي ارتياحا كبيرا لتصديق الجانب الإيراني على اتفاقية التجارة الحرة بين سورية وإيران
Business and Economic express great satisfaction to ratification by the Iranian side on a free trade agreement between Syria and Iran
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/12/13/388057.htm
December 13, .2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Syrian-Iranian relations are integrated based on mutual respect and common interests which were produced in close cooperation over the decades has not ruled out an area economically or commercially recorded, although far lower level than Taattmah to economic activities and trade between the two countries when compared to political relations.
Perhaps the most important of these relations is given it is based on the friendship between the peoples of the two countries that have proven its implications in supporting both countries to each other in a crisis that has exposed the threat of foreign and economic blockade.
The announcement comes on the Iranian side today to ratify the free trade zone agreement between the two countries, a demand for economic activities and trade in Syria, particularly at this stage after that turned the Arab states, the sister and other friendly neighboring relations of cooperation with Syria to Tools punishment of economic implementation of the agendas of foreign not-for-Syria, and by, but the region as a whole.
He pointed out Hossam Al Yousuf, Director of the development and export promotion in a statement to SANA that enter the free trade agreement the Syrian-Iranian into effect the duties of Iran high up to 400 percent become zero for this is a great opportunity for Syrian products to enter the Iranian market and competitive prices, especially that the value of our products up to fourth the value of foreign goods, pointing out that the Iran's big market can absorb all the surplus of the national product in Syria.
He also mentioned that the relationship between the two countries are complementary cargoes of Iran does not compete with the local product other than the Arab countries, pointing out that Iran has ratified a free trade agreement with Syria will be the first agreement signed by Iran in this regard with any other country in the world.
The Al Yousuf to that there was a problem in determining the Syrian goods allowed to enter Iran, but after the ratification of the Convention resolved this problem and become open, and the cost of transport to Iran is low.
And saw Yousef that it can achieve the requirement is another important is the establishment of an economic union Syrian Iraqi-Iranian next step to develop the free zone agreement to market, which is what we ask of Iraq seems to be the work begun in this direction as signed by Dr. Muhammad Nedal Shaar and the Minister of Economy, Trade a book addressed to the Iraqi Trade Minister includes the formation of the Committee on the Syrian side to follow up on this subject.
Bahaa al-Din Hassan, Vice President of Damascus Chamber of Commerce: as actors of economic and because of our relationship good with Iran, we have received ratification by the Iranian side of the Convention with great satisfaction because the force of the Convention will benefit the two countries, where there will be a reduction of customs duties on raw materials, agricultural supplies and machinery producers to zero at the beginning and will make a good investment for the economic relations and increase trade exchange volume between the two countries, pointing out that Iran as a country with great potential and has the industrial products are diverse and also Syria's economy is strong Staatmknan of exchange of goods Vtstord Syria materials you need and export to Iran what it needs from the Syrian products.
Hassan said that the ratification of the Convention at this time of great importance for any other time because of the reduction of customs duties and the possibility of import freely, stressing the need to open lines for the transfer of land between Syria and Iran via Iraq being abbreviated to half the distance where the suffering of businessmen in Syria from the high cost of transporting goods to Iran via Turkey and voiced hope that there will be trying very hard and seriously by both sides in order to have transportation from Iran to Syria through Iraq and vice versa.
For his part, Mohammed Hamoud Director of the General Establishment for International Fairs and Exhibitions The biggest beneficiaries of the Convention is the opposition being the locomotive is important for export and the Convention will enhance the trade exchange between Syria and Iran because it carries with it exemption from all customs duties, pointing out that the Foundation is currently considering the establishment of more than one gallery in cities such as Tehran and other Iranian will see exhibitions under the force of the Convention a big leap and active presence in both countries.
Hammoud explained that the ratification of the Convention in these circumstances experienced by Syria meanings and implications of a tremendous revitalization of local markets and increase exports, particularly as the Syrian and Iranian market big market.
It is noteworthy that Syria exported to Iran, according to a study of the development and promotion of exports is less than six billion pounds by 1 percent of Syrian exports while its imports from Iran $ 16 billion lira at a rate of 2 percent of the total imports.
Anti-American Syria-based TV station that gave outlet to Gadhafi's messages closed
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By Associated Press,
2012.12.13
DAMASCUS, Syria — A Syria-based TV station that provided an outlet to late Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi and strongly criticized U.S. forces in Iraq has gone off the air, the owner said Tuesday, because of the American withdrawal from Iraq and improved Syrian-Iraqi relations.
Mishan al-Jabouri, a former Iraqi lawmaker and Damascus-based exile, said it was "no longer suitable" to have a Damascus-based channel run by Iraqi opposition figures and so he has closed Al-Rai TV.
Established in 2004, Al-Rai rose to prominence after broadcasting late night messages from Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi during the final days of his regime. Although al-Jabouri denies the channel had links to Gadhafi, he said he enjoyed good relations with the man who ruled Libya for more than 42 years as well as with his family.
The station gave the late Libyan leader a platform to air his views from hiding before he was captured by Libyan revolutionary forces and killed on Oct. 20.
Al-Jabouri has long touted himself as an Arab nationalist opposed to U.S. interventions in the Middle East and a supporter of Iraqi Sunni insurgents against American troops. But now, with the last U.S. soldiers to leave Iraq by the end of the month, al-Jabouri said there was no longer a need for the station, which went off the air Dec. 5.
"This page has been closed, thus resistance in Iraq should come to an end as a result," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Al-Jabouri said he also made his decision in light of the "positive development" in Syrian-Iraqi relations and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent stance in support of Damascus.
The Iraqi government was one of two countries that opposed sanctions imposed by the Arab League against Syria last month over Damascus' brutal crackdown on a nine-month uprising that the U.N. says has killed more than 5,000 people.
Asking about future plans for the station, al-Jabouri said he would be ready to grant it to Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha, to be a "voice for the Libyan opposition."
In an audio message broadcast on Al-Rai station from her exile in Algeria late last month, Aisha urged Libyans to overthrow their new rulers whom she said "arrived with the planes of NATO."
Al-Jabouri has a murky past. He fled to Syria in 2006, a year before an Iraqi court convicted him of embezzling millions of dollars. He and his son Yazan were accused of embezzling some $7 million a month intended for units of a special force created to protect oil pipelines from attacks by insurgents. Al-Jabouri has denied the charges, but he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
مسؤول أردني : تراجع حركة الشاحنات المغادرة والقادمة إلى سوريا بنسبة 30%
Jordanian official: the decline in the movement of trucks leaving and coming to Syria by 30%
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Tuesday - December 13 - 2011 - 15:57:59
The Director of Customs Jaber border with Syria, "a rare Guinat" for the number of trucks arriving and departing to Syria from Jordanian territory by 30% following the political turmoil and security faced by Syria months ago.
He explained, "Guinat" that there is variation movement of trucks across the border to leave, where packed with Jaber Jaber truck crossing times, and become a modest movement at other times.
The "Guinat that" there is a movement of passengers arriving and departing through the Jaber border to Syria, but the movement is more modest than it was in the past.
The Minister of Industry and Trade of Jordan, "Sami Qmoh" recently pointed out that about 60% of Jordan's foreign trade comes through the Syrian border.
According to statistics, "Amman Chamber of Industry" that the volume of trade exchange between Jordan and Syria scored a growth of 14.8% during the past nine months of this year to reach 390 million dinars, compared to 340 million dinars for the same period last year 2010.
The Jordanian government made recommendations to the Arab League with the exception of trade and aviation sanctions Jordanians of Arab Syria, as to the impact of these sanctions on the Kingdom.
Jordan has officially asked the Iraqi side, allowing for refrigerators loaded with vegetables and fruits exported to Turkey, Jordan and Europe in transit to cross the territory of Iraq rather than Syria because of the current situation there.
There Mabran Hdodian between Jordan and Syria are "Jaber" from the Jordanian side and "share" from the Syrian side, and Ramtha "from the Jordanian side, and" Daraa "from the Syrian side.
The Jordanian official data show that the volume of trade between Jordan and Syria amounted to about $ 900 million last year.
Include most of the imports and exports of Jordan on the extensive list of materials is in live animals, meat and vegetable products, fats and oils, foodstuffs and beverages, metal products and chemical industries and manufactures chemical and rubber goods, leather and manufactures of wood, paper and cardboard, machines and appliances and electrical equipment, tools, optical instruments, watches and antiques.
Jordan's economy to be hard hit by AL sanctions against Syria
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2011-12/13/c_131304570.htm
English.news.cn 2011-12-13 21:49:25
Xinhua Weibo
AMMAN, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's economy will suffer if the Arab League (AL)'s economic sanctions against Syria are imposed, as Syria is a strategic gateway to the imports and exports of the Arab kingdom, experts said.
Jordan's transport, commercial and agriculture are all expected to be severely affected should the sanctions go into effect, considering, for instance, that thousands of Jordanian cargo trucks working on the Syrian route will have to stop the business, according to experts.
"Jordan will be affected at the social, economic and political levels if it abides by the sanctions against Syria," Mefleh Aqel, a local economist and veteran banker, told Xinhua.
"The Jordanian economy is already facing difficulties and it is not wise to be part of the sanctions against Syria," Aqel said.
As 70 percent of Jordan's imports from Turkey, Lebanon and some European states, and a majority of its exports are transported through Syria, the agricultural and commercial sectors will be dealt a huge blow with once sanctions are implemented, Nael Kabariti, president of Jordan's Chamber of Commerce, told a press conference recently.
Prices of Jordanian exports and imports may soar, because transferring goods through Syria is cheaper for the kingdom, Kabariti said, adding that this matters a lot for his country's competitiveness and that the transport sector will be "badly affected."
Mohammad Dawood, president of the Jordan Truck Owners Association (JTOA), confirmed that many Jordanian cargo truck drivers have currently shunned from going to Syria.
"Jordan is the closest to Syria and has good trade ties with Syria, especially that Syria is the gate for our exports," Dawood told Xinhua.
"Our sector is already affected by the unrest in Syria and imposing sanctions means worsening the situation. The number of Jordanian cargo trucks is already on the decline as truck drivers fear for their life in light of the ongoing unrest in Syria," Dawood said.
Jordan's Agriculture Ministry has said that about 3,000 Jordanian cargo trucks will have to stop working if sanctions against Syria are implemented, calling for a serious study of the impact of sanctions on Jordan.
Jordan's agricultural exports to Syria in 2009 reached 79 million Jordanian dinars (about 111 million U.S. dollars) and rose to 90 million dinars (126 million dollars) in 2010, while the Arab kingdom's agricultural imports from Syria stood at 107 million dinars (150 million dollars) in 2009 and rose to 133 million dinars (187 million dollars) in 2010, a study by the ministry obtained by Xinhua indicated.
Of the overall Jordanian annual exports of fruits and vegetables, 28 percent goes to Syria, the study showed.
Meanwhile, experts said that the foreign exchange sector have already been affected by the unrest in Syria, and that major banks in Jordan will also be put into risk.
"Three major Jordanian banks already have operation in Syria. If sanctions are imposed, the headquarters of these banks in Amman will be harmed and incur losses. These banks in Jordan will not enjoy good revenues from Syria anymore," Aqel told Xinhua.
Meanwhile, an expert in the exchange sector, who asked not to be named, echoed the remarks.
"There is a very low demand on Syrian pound. Our trading has dropped by about 20 percent since the start of the unrest," the expert said.
The AL's sanctions adopted recently against Syria include a travel ban against scores of senior officials, a freeze on Syrian government assets in Arab countries, a ban on transactions with Syria's central bank as well as an end to all commercial exchanges with the Syrian government.
The sanctions entail that Arab states impose a series of sanctions to sever most trade and investment ties in a move meant to place pressure on the Syrian administration to stop cracking down on protests.
According to Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Kayed, the Arab kingdom has asked the AL to exclude the sectors of trade and aviation from the sanctions, but no response has been made yet.
تركيا تكشف عن مخطط لنقل " لاجئين " سوريين الى مساكن جاهزة
Turkey unveils plan to move the "refugees" Syrian ready to housing
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Monday - December 12 - 2011 - 21:15:10
Turkey decided to establish a housing ready to house 7,500 refugees in southern Syria the country living in five camps near the international border shared with Syria.
The news agency quoted Turkish "Anatolia" for Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bashir Atalay said during his participation in the Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Qatar, said that "his country plans to move the refugees to the homes of Syrian ready instead of tents that sheltered."
Atalay said, "We will establish the city of the stomach in advance of housing to house 7,500 refugees in the Syrian province of Kilis adjacent to the Syrian border," noting that "the refugees currently living in five tent camps in the province of Antakya in southern Turkey."
"The decision was made to take into account the living conditions of refugees in Turkey, Syria with low temperatures in the region."
ملك البحرين يتهم سوريا بتدريب شخصيات بالمعارضة البحرينية
King of Bahrain accuses Syria of training Bahraini opposition figures
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Tuesday - December 13 - 2011 - 12:33:38
Accused the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in an interview published on Tuesday Syria of training Bahraini opposition figures.
The interview, conducted by the Daily Telegraph with King of Bahrain, a day after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
The king said, "We have evidence that a number of Bahrainis who oppose our government are being trained in Syria ... I saw the files and alerted the Syrian authorities, but denies any participation." He gave no further details.
King Hamad visited London on Monday after weeks of an independent investigation to find evidence of systematic violations of human rights in Bahrain, and that the rulers have used excessive force to suppress protesters and detainees.
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