Saudi Arabia arrests YouTube activists
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Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:32PM
Saudi Arabian government has forced all online newspapers and bloggers to register with the Ministry of Culture and Information.
Saudi Arabia has arrested three young men for posting online a video on poverty in the oil-rich country, rights activists have reported.
The three identified as Firas Baqna, Khalid al-Rasheed and Hussam al-Darwish were arrested a few days ago in al-Sahaba district, north of capital, after opposition television, al-Islah, aired part of their YouTube series titled "Malub Aleina" ("We are being cheated"), AFP reported.
The UK-based al-Islah channel is believed to belong to the Movement for Islamic Reform in Saudi Arabia which is banned in the Kingdom.
In the part aired by al-Islah, poverty in al-Jaradeya, a poor Riyadh neighborhood, is shown and it features an interview with a mosque imam saying that vice and drugs were becoming popular in the region due to poverty.
The video also points to the wealth of 11 Saudi billionaires that are among the world's richest men, while nearly 30 percent of Saudis suffer from poverty in a country that is the holder of 20 percent of the world's oil reserves.
Saudi authorities have accused the three activists of "turning public opinion against the public order of the country."
One Saudi activist said authorities suspected the three men "were receiving finance from al-Islah channel and were taken into custody for interrogation."
"The aim of the series is to draw attention to social problems, nothing more," the activist added.
The Cairo-based rights group, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, has criticized Riyadh for suppressing activists, adding that their arrests were politically motivated.
"Saudi authorities have to implement genuine political reform, instead of stalking and harassing the activists and (neglecting) laws and fundamental freedoms," the rights group said.
It has also accused the Saudi government of restricting freedom of expression as a means to "intimidate pro-democracy citizens''. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information also condemned the silence of the Arab and international community on rights violations in the Kingdom.
According to the Democracy Index for 2010 published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Saudi Arabia is the least democratic country in the Middle East and ranks 160th out of 167 countries worldwide.
2011/10/21
Oct 20 Economy
تجارة حلب ترد على تجارة دمشق: وزير الاقتصاد أنصف نصف سورية بتفويض تجارة حلب بالتصديق على شهادات المنشأ
Aleppo Commerce responds to Damascus Commerce: Minister of Economy mandate Aleppo Commerce to ratify half the certificates of origin
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10/19/2011
Responded the president of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Hassan Zeido the President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce Ghassan castles, demands the abolition authorized the Minister of Economy and Trade Muhammad Nidal Shaar the Chamber to ratify the certificates of origin and other documents accompanying the goods imported by saying: «Minister equitable and eased the suffering half of Syria and his decision to correct the country's interest and traders ». The Zeido's «alwatan.sy» to a lot of traders reviewed the room to explain their suffering as a result of ratification Thbotyatem of the Federation of Chambers first, and who believe it without incurring any responsibility for the content assigned to check the authorities normative, such as the Ministries of Economy and Finance, customs, ports, and then from the consular office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Damascus, demanding to allow the room as well as the ratification of the consular office in Aleppo, instead of bearing hardship and effort, time and travel costs on Damascus.
He added: «raised the Chamber wrote to the Minister of Economy and Trade explained that the ratification processes of these cause more red tape and complexity«, especially in light of current conditions experienced by Syria, where travel by road and across the railway is not safe in some cases, between Aleppo and Damascus except for the difficulties of booking travel through the airlines because of congestion, in addition to that in the end this is reflected negatively on the citizen is the ultimate consumer as a result of rising import costs, clearance and certification burdens and expenses ». Raja and book room No. 597/9/2011 dated 08.09.2011 to the Minister «access to guidance and check out the possibility that the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce to ratify the documents on behalf of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce to interested traders and importers of the northern, eastern and central, according to rules and regulations Thddunha and without incurring any liability for the content, as well as to the consular office in the city of Aleppo (after actively pursuing the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce to facilitate the work of gentlemen traders in the city of Aleppo and the northern, eastern and central) ratified these documents and the collection of consular fees due assets ».
The Minister replied that the economy on the Book of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce letter number 16336/1586 on 21/9/2011 said: «inform you agree to authorize ratification of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce certificates of origin and other documents accompanying the goods imported from various countries around the world due to the presence of a consular office in the province of Aleppo According to the regulations of other assets », which raised the ire of the Union of Chambers and its president Ghassan Castles, who believed in a statement that the minister (Halabi, the parent) is biased to the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce and student reference for the decision which would« dispersal of responsibilities and not controlling the process of ratification and auditing documents certified to ensure safety and health ».
In response, he asked the President of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce: Is Aldmishqion keen on the country more than Lhalbeyen Are they scrutinize correctly and incorrectly We scrutinize »!. And scrutiny of documents certified, said: «Union has the seals of the Chambers of the World Trade official, by an employee of the Union, and asked send the employee to the room to believe the documents or send staff from the room to the Union for the mechanism and the receipt of the seals to work and the formation of a committee in the room to do the process and talked to the President of the Order refused to process ...», pointing out that the minister «graciously» Aleppo, not authorized to benefit only, but the northern provinces, Eastern and Central «and for those who wish».
عمران : الإسمنت يعود إلى سعره الطبيعي خلال أسبوعين
Imran: Cement price will return to normal within two weeks
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Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 13:58:48
Expectation "Ahmed Saleh" Director General of Imran to return the price of cement in the local black market to normal within two weeks or three weeks maximum due to lower demand for the material in the winter season, and the stability of the production plants in the local market.
According to the newspaper, the "al-Thawrah", he noted, "good" that the prices of cement in the domestic market began to decline after reaching to about 8000 pounds per ton, after the government's decision to cancel the recent decision to suspend the import of materials.
And pointed out that the cement may continue in the high price for the provinces remote and where there is no production of cement.
And about the size of the sales organization, said that the institution has made sales to date amounting to more than 1.7 billion Syrian pounds, and that the total daily sales of the institution of more than 120 million Syrian pounds, and sell the institution the amount of 18-19 thousand tons of cement per day.
التنمية العربية: سورية الرابعة عربياً بإنتاج البيض والدجاج
Arab development: Syrian Arab fourth production of eggs and chicken
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376509.htm
October 19, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Syria occupied the fourth place in the production of eggs after Egypt, Morocco and Algeria as well as the fourth production of chicken meat after Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Morocco, according to statistics of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development of the League of Arab States.
The Committee's main poultry in the Federation of Chambers of Syrian agriculture that chicken products provide the Syrians a large proportion of their need for protein, energy and fat also contribute to supply the Arab part of the need for these products, pointing out that the committee work to be Syria's strategic center for the production of poultry in the region.
The commission said the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations indicated that Syria was ranked 39 of the 239 countries around the world in the production of chicken eggs with production in 2009, about 248 300 000 000 egg for the chicken meat was ranked 48 of the 237 countries and a production amount amounted to 182,195 tons.
The Committee noted that the production of poultry meat is a promising future for white meat production in dry areas, due to the advantages enjoyed by comparison with the production of other types of meat, where is the chicken machine highly effective in converting vegetable protein into animal cheap, to produce 1 kg of beef needs 5 kg feed, and 5.15 liters of water is required, while the production of 1 kg of chicken meat 7.1 to 2 kg feed and 9.3 liters of water, while the return on the first 50 percent of the weight of the neighborhood when marketing with total interest income for the second 36 percent of live weight for the calves.
On the other hand, the land area needed to produce 1 kg of chicken meat is minimal and equivalent to the same requirements for the production of 1 kg of eggs or fish from fresh water, this area is very small compared to need produce 1 kg of beef.
The source of art in the Committee, this data calls for the restructuring strategies of livestock production in Syria, particularly that of poultry meat production contributes to about 5.42 percent of the total meat production in Syria.
يأتي في المرتبة الثالثة من حيث المردود الاقتصادي بعد القطن والقمح.. التبوغ السورية تتمتع بسمعة جيدة في الخارج
Is ranked third in terms of economic returns after the cotton and wheat .. Syrian tobacco enjoys a good reputation abroad
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376525.htm
October 19, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Showed statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture that the total area planned for the cultivation of tobacco for the season 2011-2012 amount to 17,445 hectares of which 6612 hectares irrigated tobacco and tobacco 10 833 hectares of Baal with plans to produce 32,831 tons of which 20,042 tons and 12,789 tons of quenched Baal in agreement with the General Organization of Tobacco.
And the organizers of the cultivation of this crop is that the importance of tobacco cultivation also brings to the cost-effectiveness of high unit area that accrue to the farmer compared to other crops, especially after the introduction of varieties of America the two sets of Burley and Almishqinaa and enjoy the tobacco plantations in Syria has extensive experience in the field of production, drying and returning it brings about much higher than gets by the cultivation of traditional varieties of East and a half east.
And spread of tobacco growing, mainly in coastal areas and some other areas and come Lattakia in the first place in terms of area, followed by the provinces of Idlib and Tartous and Daraa, Hama, Aleppo and Homs, but the large expansion in the cultivation of citrus fruits and vegetables summer has led to a decline in area planted to this crop in the provinces of Tartous and Latakia, but was compensate for this space in other areas such as Daraa and al-Ghab and very few areas in al-Suwaida.
النسيجية تصدر غزولا ب2ر79 مليون دولار في 9 أشهر
Textile yarn exports to 2.79 million dollars in 9 months
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376403.htm
October 19, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Issued the General Organization for Textile Industries in the first nine months of this year, about 17 tons of yarn worth 2.79 million dollars and the implementation rate of 44 percent of the amount and 65 percent of the value of the plan of foreign sales.
The Associate Director-General of the Foundation Sohail Saeed said in a statement yesterday that the drop in the implementation of the plan quantity and high in value due to generally high prices of yarn, while we may not achieve the sales plan of external things objectively the most important is stop banking market in Egypt in the first half of this year because of the security situation there, and the difficulty of converting the value of sales to foreign banks with our customers in terms of briefing external credits, in addition to the fluctuation in prices of yarn, and thus fear customers from installing large amounts may result in exposure to losses as a result of the continued decline of the yarns.
The report of the institution catalog and production that the quantity of domestic sales of yarn was / 6.26 / thousand tons worth / 2.5 / billion pounds, an implementation rate of 50 / / percent of the amount and / 66 / of value while the total sales of yarn / 3.43 / thousand tonnes worth limits / 9 / billions of pounds and by the implementation of the quantity of / 47 /% and / 65 / percent of the value .. Said that, where the non-implementation of the plan due to the internal sales decline Astjerar customers in the domestic market from the private sector.
The report said that the total sales value of the institution amounted to / 5.14 / billion Syrian pounds and by the implementation of / 68 / percent, and distribution of those sales on the sales of domestic value of / 10 / billion and external / 5.4 / billion pounds and that the species produced by the sales were concentrated in the cotton yarn and blended fabrics, cotton and blended The underwear and ready with bags of flour, cotton wool, socks, carpets and exhaust different.
She explained the Foundation in its report that it produced virtually up to the ninth month about / 64 / tons of yarn, by the implementation of / / 70 percent up to $ / 5.12 / billion pounds by the implementation of / 91 / percent are shown on the other hand, most companies, the institution has not achieved its production completely.
The Associate Director of the Foundation that the Foundation had made several proposals to the Ministry of Industry to get out of the reality of the institution now and move to achieve the rentier economic including the need to study the prices of cotton so as to achieve value-added in the process of spinning through direct government support for the price of cotton to the stage of spinning to benefit the Foundation of Textile this support and allow it to reduce production costs, especially the cost of cotton, equivalent to 70 percent of the cost of yarn.
On the pricing of cotton between Said to have been put forward a mechanism to determine a fair price allow the realization of economic break-even point in the process of spinning In this framework has been put forward the idea of merging institutions of cotton and textile being the one institution constitute the starting point in a series of integrated textile industries.
He Said to the factors putting pressure on the cost in the overall cost elements, particularly the wages of workers sick, the old workers Mufrzyn and the need to accomplish some of the investments in various stages of the production process which allows an increase of rates of utilization of energy and improve the quality of the system cost of a standard from which to determine the deviations in the overall cost elements to determine the causes and mechanism of a statement addressed to assess the performance in a transparent, clear and ensure closure of ports and points of corruption, which increase the costs of production.
He stressed that the textile enterprise in spite of the low rates of implementation of their plans because of the circumstances but it is pressing Atani of the rigidity or the risk will go beyond this stage because of the diversity of its customers in foreign markets and distribution in most continents.
أكثر من 331 ألف طن الأقطان المسوقة إلى مراكز مؤسسة حلج وتسويق الأقطان بحلب
More than 331 thousand tons of cotton marketed to centers institution cotton ginning and marketing of Aleppo
http://www.sana.sy/ara/345/2011/10/19/376612.htm
October 19, 2011
Aleppo, (SANA) -
The total quantities marketed beloved cotton gins to the centers and the General Establishment for cotton ginning and marketing of Aleppo since the start of marketing operations for the current season and so far 331,715 tonnes.
The Engineer Nazir Lababidi Director-General of the General Corporation for ginning and marketing of cotton be marketed quantities distributed among the 49,399 tons of Aleppo and 9664 tons of Idleb and 12,717 tons of Hama, 50,149 tons of Deir Al-Zour, and 98,128 tons of tenderness and 111,658 tons of Hasaka.
The Lababidi that the marketing of cotton is continuing to accomplish the plan is assessed and go without any difficulties, indicating that its plan for this year aims to market 714 tons of cotton beloved.
The amount of cotton marketed during the last year for the same period amounted to 260,409 tons.
Unions Encouraged to Participate in Tourism Investment
http://www.sana.sy/eng/33/2011/10/19/376432.htm
Oct 19, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) - Minister of Tourism Lamia Assi on Tuesday said that the Ministry views tourism as a developmental process the Syrian investors has the priority to actively contribute to after they have been excluded to an extent over the past years in favor of the Arab and foreign investors.
Meeting Heads of Vocational Unions at Dedeman Hotel, the Minister discussed opportunities of partnership in the field of tourism investment between the Ministry and the unions with the aim to encourage local investment and establish tourism projects that suite citizens and constitute additional revenue resources for the unions.
The unions' heads said the possibility of their institutions' participation in tourism investment "is a very important step" given the difficulty of activating their capital and the fact that investing with the government sector is "safer'.
Investment opportunities in 23 projects in 12 governments were envisaged during the meeting. The projects included hotels, restaurants, resorts of different levels, as well as entertainment, trade, sport and therapeutic facilities.
Minister Assi highlighted the importance of collective funding by the unions, noting that building a medical city is a priority for the Ministry and it should be so for the unions, making use of Syria's good reputation in this field in terms of quality and quantity.
Al-Rawda site in al-Zabadani area was preliminarily selected as a suitable place for an integrated medical city in the province of Damascus Countryside.
Aleppo Commerce responds to Damascus Commerce: Minister of Economy mandate Aleppo Commerce to ratify half the certificates of origin
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10/19/2011
Responded the president of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Hassan Zeido the President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce Ghassan castles, demands the abolition authorized the Minister of Economy and Trade Muhammad Nidal Shaar the Chamber to ratify the certificates of origin and other documents accompanying the goods imported by saying: «Minister equitable and eased the suffering half of Syria and his decision to correct the country's interest and traders ». The Zeido's «alwatan.sy» to a lot of traders reviewed the room to explain their suffering as a result of ratification Thbotyatem of the Federation of Chambers first, and who believe it without incurring any responsibility for the content assigned to check the authorities normative, such as the Ministries of Economy and Finance, customs, ports, and then from the consular office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Damascus, demanding to allow the room as well as the ratification of the consular office in Aleppo, instead of bearing hardship and effort, time and travel costs on Damascus.
He added: «raised the Chamber wrote to the Minister of Economy and Trade explained that the ratification processes of these cause more red tape and complexity«, especially in light of current conditions experienced by Syria, where travel by road and across the railway is not safe in some cases, between Aleppo and Damascus except for the difficulties of booking travel through the airlines because of congestion, in addition to that in the end this is reflected negatively on the citizen is the ultimate consumer as a result of rising import costs, clearance and certification burdens and expenses ». Raja and book room No. 597/9/2011 dated 08.09.2011 to the Minister «access to guidance and check out the possibility that the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce to ratify the documents on behalf of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce to interested traders and importers of the northern, eastern and central, according to rules and regulations Thddunha and without incurring any liability for the content, as well as to the consular office in the city of Aleppo (after actively pursuing the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce to facilitate the work of gentlemen traders in the city of Aleppo and the northern, eastern and central) ratified these documents and the collection of consular fees due assets ».
The Minister replied that the economy on the Book of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce letter number 16336/1586 on 21/9/2011 said: «inform you agree to authorize ratification of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce certificates of origin and other documents accompanying the goods imported from various countries around the world due to the presence of a consular office in the province of Aleppo According to the regulations of other assets », which raised the ire of the Union of Chambers and its president Ghassan Castles, who believed in a statement that the minister (Halabi, the parent) is biased to the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce and student reference for the decision which would« dispersal of responsibilities and not controlling the process of ratification and auditing documents certified to ensure safety and health ».
In response, he asked the President of Aleppo Chamber of Commerce: Is Aldmishqion keen on the country more than Lhalbeyen Are they scrutinize correctly and incorrectly We scrutinize »!. And scrutiny of documents certified, said: «Union has the seals of the Chambers of the World Trade official, by an employee of the Union, and asked send the employee to the room to believe the documents or send staff from the room to the Union for the mechanism and the receipt of the seals to work and the formation of a committee in the room to do the process and talked to the President of the Order refused to process ...», pointing out that the minister «graciously» Aleppo, not authorized to benefit only, but the northern provinces, Eastern and Central «and for those who wish».
عمران : الإسمنت يعود إلى سعره الطبيعي خلال أسبوعين
Imran: Cement price will return to normal within two weeks
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=1b5a1f69cce8bf8233cf14642158ba53&ar=606542156
Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 13:58:48
Expectation "Ahmed Saleh" Director General of Imran to return the price of cement in the local black market to normal within two weeks or three weeks maximum due to lower demand for the material in the winter season, and the stability of the production plants in the local market.
According to the newspaper, the "al-Thawrah", he noted, "good" that the prices of cement in the domestic market began to decline after reaching to about 8000 pounds per ton, after the government's decision to cancel the recent decision to suspend the import of materials.
And pointed out that the cement may continue in the high price for the provinces remote and where there is no production of cement.
And about the size of the sales organization, said that the institution has made sales to date amounting to more than 1.7 billion Syrian pounds, and that the total daily sales of the institution of more than 120 million Syrian pounds, and sell the institution the amount of 18-19 thousand tons of cement per day.
التنمية العربية: سورية الرابعة عربياً بإنتاج البيض والدجاج
Arab development: Syrian Arab fourth production of eggs and chicken
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376509.htm
October 19, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Syria occupied the fourth place in the production of eggs after Egypt, Morocco and Algeria as well as the fourth production of chicken meat after Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Morocco, according to statistics of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development of the League of Arab States.
The Committee's main poultry in the Federation of Chambers of Syrian agriculture that chicken products provide the Syrians a large proportion of their need for protein, energy and fat also contribute to supply the Arab part of the need for these products, pointing out that the committee work to be Syria's strategic center for the production of poultry in the region.
The commission said the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations indicated that Syria was ranked 39 of the 239 countries around the world in the production of chicken eggs with production in 2009, about 248 300 000 000 egg for the chicken meat was ranked 48 of the 237 countries and a production amount amounted to 182,195 tons.
The Committee noted that the production of poultry meat is a promising future for white meat production in dry areas, due to the advantages enjoyed by comparison with the production of other types of meat, where is the chicken machine highly effective in converting vegetable protein into animal cheap, to produce 1 kg of beef needs 5 kg feed, and 5.15 liters of water is required, while the production of 1 kg of chicken meat 7.1 to 2 kg feed and 9.3 liters of water, while the return on the first 50 percent of the weight of the neighborhood when marketing with total interest income for the second 36 percent of live weight for the calves.
On the other hand, the land area needed to produce 1 kg of chicken meat is minimal and equivalent to the same requirements for the production of 1 kg of eggs or fish from fresh water, this area is very small compared to need produce 1 kg of beef.
The source of art in the Committee, this data calls for the restructuring strategies of livestock production in Syria, particularly that of poultry meat production contributes to about 5.42 percent of the total meat production in Syria.
يأتي في المرتبة الثالثة من حيث المردود الاقتصادي بعد القطن والقمح.. التبوغ السورية تتمتع بسمعة جيدة في الخارج
Is ranked third in terms of economic returns after the cotton and wheat .. Syrian tobacco enjoys a good reputation abroad
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376525.htm
October 19, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Showed statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture that the total area planned for the cultivation of tobacco for the season 2011-2012 amount to 17,445 hectares of which 6612 hectares irrigated tobacco and tobacco 10 833 hectares of Baal with plans to produce 32,831 tons of which 20,042 tons and 12,789 tons of quenched Baal in agreement with the General Organization of Tobacco.
And the organizers of the cultivation of this crop is that the importance of tobacco cultivation also brings to the cost-effectiveness of high unit area that accrue to the farmer compared to other crops, especially after the introduction of varieties of America the two sets of Burley and Almishqinaa and enjoy the tobacco plantations in Syria has extensive experience in the field of production, drying and returning it brings about much higher than gets by the cultivation of traditional varieties of East and a half east.
And spread of tobacco growing, mainly in coastal areas and some other areas and come Lattakia in the first place in terms of area, followed by the provinces of Idlib and Tartous and Daraa, Hama, Aleppo and Homs, but the large expansion in the cultivation of citrus fruits and vegetables summer has led to a decline in area planted to this crop in the provinces of Tartous and Latakia, but was compensate for this space in other areas such as Daraa and al-Ghab and very few areas in al-Suwaida.
النسيجية تصدر غزولا ب2ر79 مليون دولار في 9 أشهر
Textile yarn exports to 2.79 million dollars in 9 months
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376403.htm
October 19, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Issued the General Organization for Textile Industries in the first nine months of this year, about 17 tons of yarn worth 2.79 million dollars and the implementation rate of 44 percent of the amount and 65 percent of the value of the plan of foreign sales.
The Associate Director-General of the Foundation Sohail Saeed said in a statement yesterday that the drop in the implementation of the plan quantity and high in value due to generally high prices of yarn, while we may not achieve the sales plan of external things objectively the most important is stop banking market in Egypt in the first half of this year because of the security situation there, and the difficulty of converting the value of sales to foreign banks with our customers in terms of briefing external credits, in addition to the fluctuation in prices of yarn, and thus fear customers from installing large amounts may result in exposure to losses as a result of the continued decline of the yarns.
The report of the institution catalog and production that the quantity of domestic sales of yarn was / 6.26 / thousand tons worth / 2.5 / billion pounds, an implementation rate of 50 / / percent of the amount and / 66 / of value while the total sales of yarn / 3.43 / thousand tonnes worth limits / 9 / billions of pounds and by the implementation of the quantity of / 47 /% and / 65 / percent of the value .. Said that, where the non-implementation of the plan due to the internal sales decline Astjerar customers in the domestic market from the private sector.
The report said that the total sales value of the institution amounted to / 5.14 / billion Syrian pounds and by the implementation of / 68 / percent, and distribution of those sales on the sales of domestic value of / 10 / billion and external / 5.4 / billion pounds and that the species produced by the sales were concentrated in the cotton yarn and blended fabrics, cotton and blended The underwear and ready with bags of flour, cotton wool, socks, carpets and exhaust different.
She explained the Foundation in its report that it produced virtually up to the ninth month about / 64 / tons of yarn, by the implementation of / / 70 percent up to $ / 5.12 / billion pounds by the implementation of / 91 / percent are shown on the other hand, most companies, the institution has not achieved its production completely.
The Associate Director of the Foundation that the Foundation had made several proposals to the Ministry of Industry to get out of the reality of the institution now and move to achieve the rentier economic including the need to study the prices of cotton so as to achieve value-added in the process of spinning through direct government support for the price of cotton to the stage of spinning to benefit the Foundation of Textile this support and allow it to reduce production costs, especially the cost of cotton, equivalent to 70 percent of the cost of yarn.
On the pricing of cotton between Said to have been put forward a mechanism to determine a fair price allow the realization of economic break-even point in the process of spinning In this framework has been put forward the idea of merging institutions of cotton and textile being the one institution constitute the starting point in a series of integrated textile industries.
He Said to the factors putting pressure on the cost in the overall cost elements, particularly the wages of workers sick, the old workers Mufrzyn and the need to accomplish some of the investments in various stages of the production process which allows an increase of rates of utilization of energy and improve the quality of the system cost of a standard from which to determine the deviations in the overall cost elements to determine the causes and mechanism of a statement addressed to assess the performance in a transparent, clear and ensure closure of ports and points of corruption, which increase the costs of production.
He stressed that the textile enterprise in spite of the low rates of implementation of their plans because of the circumstances but it is pressing Atani of the rigidity or the risk will go beyond this stage because of the diversity of its customers in foreign markets and distribution in most continents.
أكثر من 331 ألف طن الأقطان المسوقة إلى مراكز مؤسسة حلج وتسويق الأقطان بحلب
More than 331 thousand tons of cotton marketed to centers institution cotton ginning and marketing of Aleppo
http://www.sana.sy/ara/345/2011/10/19/376612.htm
October 19, 2011
Aleppo, (SANA) -
The total quantities marketed beloved cotton gins to the centers and the General Establishment for cotton ginning and marketing of Aleppo since the start of marketing operations for the current season and so far 331,715 tonnes.
The Engineer Nazir Lababidi Director-General of the General Corporation for ginning and marketing of cotton be marketed quantities distributed among the 49,399 tons of Aleppo and 9664 tons of Idleb and 12,717 tons of Hama, 50,149 tons of Deir Al-Zour, and 98,128 tons of tenderness and 111,658 tons of Hasaka.
The Lababidi that the marketing of cotton is continuing to accomplish the plan is assessed and go without any difficulties, indicating that its plan for this year aims to market 714 tons of cotton beloved.
The amount of cotton marketed during the last year for the same period amounted to 260,409 tons.
Unions Encouraged to Participate in Tourism Investment
http://www.sana.sy/eng/33/2011/10/19/376432.htm
Oct 19, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) - Minister of Tourism Lamia Assi on Tuesday said that the Ministry views tourism as a developmental process the Syrian investors has the priority to actively contribute to after they have been excluded to an extent over the past years in favor of the Arab and foreign investors.
Meeting Heads of Vocational Unions at Dedeman Hotel, the Minister discussed opportunities of partnership in the field of tourism investment between the Ministry and the unions with the aim to encourage local investment and establish tourism projects that suite citizens and constitute additional revenue resources for the unions.
The unions' heads said the possibility of their institutions' participation in tourism investment "is a very important step" given the difficulty of activating their capital and the fact that investing with the government sector is "safer'.
Investment opportunities in 23 projects in 12 governments were envisaged during the meeting. The projects included hotels, restaurants, resorts of different levels, as well as entertainment, trade, sport and therapeutic facilities.
Minister Assi highlighted the importance of collective funding by the unions, noting that building a medical city is a priority for the Ministry and it should be so for the unions, making use of Syria's good reputation in this field in terms of quality and quantity.
Al-Rawda site in al-Zabadani area was preliminarily selected as a suitable place for an integrated medical city in the province of Damascus Countryside.
Oct 20 Regional
قطر قد تنسحب من اللجنة الوزارية العربية
Qatar may withdraw from the Arab Ministerial Committee
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Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 9:28:45
The Secretary of the League of Arab States, Dr. Nabil el-Arabi, Qatar may withdraw from the Arab Ministerial Committee on the Syrian government to communicate, to start a national dialogue under the auspices of Syrian Arab League and in the direction of political reforms to meet the aspirations of the Syrian people.
al-Arabi said in his statements to the press that he had received a promise from the Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim it will matter to the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to discuss the possibility of an apology for the presidency of Qatar, the Arab Ministerial Committee.
The Secretary-General to the Prime Minister of Qatar, told him he was not holding under the chairmanship of the Committee and will discuss with the Emir of Qatar in Doha is the withdrawal of or apology for the presidency if that would help facilitate the mission and reduce the sensitivities of Damascus and reservations.
It should be noted that the representative of Syria to the Arab League Ambassador Ahmed Yousef criticized in his speech to the Council of the League of Arab Ministers, especially the GCC countries, and suggested to link the emergency meeting of Arab ministers failed to pass a resolution in the Security Council on the situation in his country.
مباحثات سورية لبنانية لتعزيز العلاقات الاقتصادية بين البلدين
Economy Minister, Lebanese Ambassador Discuss Enhancing Economic Relations
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376491.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/24/2011/10/19/376495.htm
Oct 19, 2011
Reviewed by Dr. Muhammad Nidal Shaar and Minister of Economy and Trade today with Michel Khoury, Lebanon's Ambassador to Damascus ways to strengthen economic and trade relations between Syria and Lebanon, including brother will reflect positively on the economic and trade between the two countries.
The minister said Shaar on the desire to develop economic cooperation between Syria and Lebanon in the framework of historical ties and common economic fundamentals and integrated business between them.
In turn, noted the Ambassador Khoury large capacity of the Syrian economy, including the attributes of the physical and human elements in the fields of trade, banking, cultural, tourist and other stressing the need for coordination and cooperation between the two countries in economic, trade and investment which reflects positively on the two economies.
رسالة من الرئيس الأسد للرئيس السوداني تتعلق بأهمية علاقات البلدين والأوضاع في سورية.. الرئيس البشير: سورية تتعرض لمؤامرة خارجية وإضعافها خدمة مجانية لأعداء الأمة
Message from the President al-Assad to the Sudanese President regarding the importance of bilateral relations and the situation in Syria .. President Al-Bashir: Syria is under a foreign plot and weaken the free service to the nation's enemies
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/19/376648.htm
October 19, 2011
Khartoum - SANA
Received Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir a message from President Bashar al-Assad regarding the importance of relations between Syria and Sudan and the need for them in various fields and Syria's support for the territorial integrity and the people of Sudan Add to explain about the conditions experienced by Syria moved Dr. Faisal Miqdad Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants during a meeting between Sudanese President in Khartoum today.
President Al-Bashir stressed that the Syrian-Sudanese relations have maintained a constant evolution in the interests of the two peoples and two countries and said that Syria is exposed to a foreign plot because of its consistent position on Arab issues and that any weakening of Syria is a free service to the enemies of the Arab nation.
President Bashir explained that plots planned by some departments do not target Arab countries, in itself, but it is targeting all the Arab countries, stressing that Sudan is standing with the security and stability of Syria and against any foreign interference in its internal affairs.
The Sudanese president stressed the importance of Arab solidarity that ensures the interests of all the Arab countries about the challenges they face.
And Dr. Miqdad During the meeting a presentation about the American attack on Syria and the West, stressing that Syria has put behind her a lot of elements of the crisis thanks to its people's awareness of the objectives of the conspiracy exposed.
Dealt with in detail by Dr. Miqdad political and economic reforms and social and carried out by the Syrian leadership in line with the future of Syria and the aspirations of their constituencies and to maintain the independence and sovereignty and not to allow foreign interference in its internal affairs.
Dr. Miqdad that each time step where the reforms a step forward was the onslaught of Western escalate against the support of the machine media to mislead the Arab public opinion and international level about what is happening in Syria in order to distort the facts and the formation of public opinion does not serve the reform process and helps to pass the conspiracies Thokha Western circles against Syria and its central role in the region and its home front in order to break up the real guarantee to meet the enemies of the Arab nation.
Meeting was attended by the Syrian ambassador in Sudan, Habib Ali Abbas.
روسيا : نترقب موقف دمشق من المبادرة العربية
Russia: we await the position of Damascus, the Arab initiative
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 9:35:08
Russian Ambassador in Lebanon that Russia Alexander Saspkin evaluated positively initiatives of the League of Arab States to Syria, saying that the latter proposal is based on the principles of sound political, such as non-interference and external dialogue.
Saspkin called, in an interview the Syrian authorities to determine the position of the proposal.
Saspkin expressed his country's concern about the likelihood of escalation of the situation and the civil war in Syria, denying any fear of repercussions along the "Arab spring" to the "backyard" of his country.
He stressed the need to apply the rules of the program's stated reforms, calling for Assad to accelerate reforms.
The Russian ambassador said his country does not accept the slogan to topple the Syrian regime, saying that the most important remains the normalization of the situation in Syria and a fundamental reform.
He said: "We are against the parties who are asking the Syrian issue from the existence of the system, veto it or not," calling for reform and dialogue, regardless of the people, noting that the Syrian President is the same as talking about the nomination of the names of presidents in the future.
عمورة: سورية ترحب بأي جهد عربي مخلص للحفاظ على العمل العربي المشترك بما يصون مصالح الأمة
Ammourah: Syria welcomes any savior Arab effort to keep the joint Arab action to safeguard the interests of the nation
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/20/376671.htm
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October 20, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Abdel-Fattah Ammourah, Assistant Foreign Minister, said that Syria would welcome any Arab effort to keep the faithful of joint Arab action that protects the interests of the Arab nation.
The Ammourah said in a seminar held at the Damascus branch of the party this evening: that Syria welcomes the participation of representatives of Russia, China and South Africa, India and Brazil in the dialogue will take place on Syrian territory between all components of the people and society in Syria and from different directions, giving guarantees for all.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs said that Syria occupies a geostrategically important people to be a major focus in solving all the problems of the region and therefore cannot be overcome and this is borne out by events, experiences, and history is known to be in the Syrian regime Arab nationalist secular was and still is the basic guarantor of all the components of the Syrian society is the home of the alphabet and the cradle of civilizations and cultures throughout history have demonstrated the efficacy of this system that maintained the national unity, security and stability.
The Ammourah that Syria since its independence maintained and still maintains the independence of its sovereign and national political and managed through the various stages to overcome all the plots and schemes that aimed to dismantle the national unity and seeking to discourage them from moving forward in maintaining the strengthening of the project pan-Arab nationalist in the face of the Zionist project in the region .
Ammourah made a brief explanation about the events in the foreign plot in Syria and experienced by referring to the awareness of the Syrian people, who foiled the plot through its national unity and rallying around the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad and his support for the reform process led.
In turn, Farah al-Muntaliq, Associate Minister of Education, said: The human being is the essential foundation for any process of evolutionary development, therefore, highlights the importance of developing education and education service to the community.
The absolute: The process of development in the inputs of the educational process in the resources provided by the state of school buildings and curriculum and teacher preparation and transmission of these inputs to the process of interactive procedural aims to reach the breeding generation active in the community.
Seminar was attended by Secretary of the Damascus branch of the party and popular events and a number of interested people and guests.
العربي: تلقيت اتصالاً من المعلم يبلغني فيه أن دمشق ستدرس قرار الجامعة العربية الأخير
al-Arabi: I received a call from al-Mu'allim informing me that the Damascus will study the Arab League's latest decision
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 13:53:36
Dr. Nabil al-Arabi League Secretary General of Arab States that he had received a call from the Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu'allim told him that Damascus will study during which the Arab League resolution in spite of its reservation on it.
He pointed in an interview with the newspaper "An Nahar" Lebanese October 20 to the possibility of convening another meeting of the Arab League Council next week to discuss what can be done.
And approved the Arabs that the Arab League does not have the papers effect on the earth, and every possession is to condemn or denounce or condemn, and noted the Arab situation in Syria is totally unacceptable, and al-Arabi explained that the Syrian representative recorded reservation in the last ministerial meeting, and Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu'allim told him "they are despite their reservations would study the decision of the League."
On the issue of Yemeni considered to be different from the Syrian situation and that the efforts made and being made to address the crisis, and expressed his belief that the Gulf States are still enthusiastic about the initiative, but pointed out that the "problem" lies in a delay severe and marvelous in dealing with the proposals of the Gulf by President Ali Abdullah is valid.
سوريا ترحّب باللجنة الوزارية العربية برئاسة قطر في دمشق
Syria welcomed the Arab Ministerial Committee under the chairmanship of Qatar in Damascus
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 15:50:31
The Arab League confirmed in a statement, published today, Thursday, that the Syrian government welcomes the reception of the Ministerial Committee under the chairmanship of Qatar in Damascus on 26 October.
He added the statement that the purpose of the visit is to comply with the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Arab foreign ministers to stop the violence and the organization of national and comprehensive dialogue between the opposition and the government.
The Arab foreign ministers called on Sunday night in a statement issued at the end they held an emergency meeting in Cairo to hold a national dialogue involving the Government and the Syrian "opposition parties all the divides within 15 days," but that Syria was reserved for this statement.
The statement also called for "an immediate and comprehensive of the violence, murder and put an end to the manifestations of the armed and the abandonment of processing security in order to avoid more casualties and the drift to the outbreak of the conflict between the components of the Syrian people and to preserve the civil peace and the protection of civilians and the unity of the fabric of Syrian society."
Chinese FM, Arab League chief exchange views on Syria over phone
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English.news.cn 2011-10-20 23:30:59
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi here on Thursday discussed the situation in Syria in a telephone conversation with Arab League (AL) chief.
"The concerned parties of Syria should put the national and people's interests first, abandon violence and avoid bloodshed, so as to restore stability and order to the country through dialogue," Yang told AL Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi.
"The Syria government should implement its promised reforms, and respond to the reasonable demands from the people. The opposition should also have peaceful dialogue with the government," Yang added.
Syria has witnessed massive anti-government protests across the country since mid-March 2011.
For his part, al-Arabi related the AL's position on the issue of Syria and appreciated the positive role played by China in this matter.
Yang said "China will continue playing its role, and China attaches great importance to the Arab League's role in regional peace and stability. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with the Arab League on these issues."
Yang was on a two-day visit to Denmark ending Thursday, during which he met Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and his Danish counterpart Villy Soevndal.
Franjieh: Hariri's Hatred towards Assad Stems from Sectarian Feelings
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by Naharnet Newsdesk
20 October 2011, 22:39
Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh on Thursday announced his rejection of a possible rise to power by Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood, saying “I cannot accept those who believe that it is permissible to spill my blood.”
In an interview on LBC television, Franjieh revealed that ex-PM Saad Hariri had allegedly told him Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was “totally innocent” of his father’s 2005 assassination and that “the Iranians were behind the assassination” of former premier Rafik Hariri.
“That’s why I say that his (Saad Hariri’s) hatred towards Assad stems from sectarian feelings and that was demonstrated through his support for (ousted Egyptian leader) Hosni Mubarak and others,” Franjieh charged.
“The Hariri dynasty has been trying to dominate the country and impose pro-Sunni policies, but this is an impossible scheme,” he noted.
Asked about the possibility of Assad being ousted by the eight-month revolt rocking his nation, Franjieh said: “On a personal level, and given my ties with him, I would be losing a brother and a bet on a political alliance that dates back to (former) president (Suleiman) Franjieh’s era.”
“We respect the Syrian people, but aren’t the residents of Aleppo and Damascus part of this people?” he said, referring to the recent pro-Assad rallies in Syria’s largest two cities and economic powerhouses.
Franjieh added that Assad is being pressured in order to “give up his support for Hizbullah, Iran and the Palestinian cause.”
“Many people believe that Syria will be fragmented, but President Assad totally rejects such a hypothesis and he also rejects the stirring of sectarian sentiments,” the MP went on to say.
Addressing the domestic issues, Franjieh voiced his satisfaction with Prime Minister Najib Miqati’s performance.
“He is practicing his political centrism,” the Marada leader added.
Asked about Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil’s policies, Franjieh said the latter “has the right to discuss his projects in detail.”
“But he is tiresome and he has exhausted the country and the Lebanese,” Franjieh said of the energy minister.
“I’m not with tasking (Labor Minister) Charbel Nahhas with confronting Harirism, because his approach is Marxist and I don’t believe that it is valid,” Franjieh went on to say.
He also declared his rejection of a VAT hike “as it won’t solve the deficit problem.”
Asked about the controversial issue of funding the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Franjieh said: “We had deemed it unconstitutional since the very beginning.”
نحو «طائف».. سوري
About «Taif» .. Syrian
Walid Abu Murshid
http://www.aawsat.com/leader.asp?wrid=3
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2011.10.21
Despite the short time (15 days) awarded by the Arab foreign ministers of the Syrian regime to reform the cessation of violence and ensure a peaceful transition of power ... Conference looks like the beginning of a long-term deal with the Arab «the Syrian case» may not end the process of transition of power, but also goes beyond the agreement «Taif» New (similar to b «Taif» Lebanese) reformulate pluralist system to Syria.
Signs of this trend can be discerned from the agreement and the Arab foreign ministers, during their meetings, consultative, to host the Arab League «for a dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition», and their willingness to send a ministerial committee to visit Syria, and held meetings with the government and the opposition, what constitutes the beginning of a serious commitment to «the Syrian case ».
It is interesting that avoids the Arab ministers, meeting in emergency Cairo, a proposal to freeze the membership of Syria in the Arab League - as demanded by the Syrian National Council - may mean that they prefer a gradual approach for the treatment of «the Syrian case» before reaching the last treatment ... «Ironing».
However, not without the recommendation of the Arab Foreign Ministers of the dimensions of the policy implications are hard to ignore. It may be highlighted not only their recognition of the existence of axes other than the Syrian government in Damascus - practically absent for the events - but equality of reference the opposition the government's authority to adopt needed reforms. In this context, the right of the National Council may consider that the Syrian Arab foreign ministers have become, after the Government of Russia, the official body recognized by the second, indirectly, by declaring their readiness to host the two dialogue sessions proposed between him and the Syrian regime.
The other phenomenon is revealed by the recommendations of the Arab foreign ministers are considering the phenomenon of the Syrian government and if they do not exist «formal», Inviting Dialogue limit the representativeness of the current under the category of groups of partisan feuding with the other party ... No less representative of the Syrian street, if not surpass them in popularity.
The political dimension of the other for the grace of Arab foreign ministers of the Syrian regime fifteen days only for direct dialogue with the opposition is classified as lining of the system in check systems inadequate political to the extent permitted minister ignored the sovereignty - shaky at all - at home, and thus uniqueness unilaterally put «Agenda» stop the of violence.
On this level may be the conclusion of the limited reaction to the recommendations of the Syrian Arab ministers on the most vulnerable forms of diplomatic objection, any «reservation» instead of «rejection», to evaluate the issue of Arab Ministers «sovereignty» Syrian regime against its people and its land not far from reality.
Significance remains to determine the future of foreign ministers and a brief period of time for direct action to stop the Syrian regime's violence, a period is not enough - if the traffic - to complete the preliminary contacts to prepare for the dialogue sessions.
Palace of this period to fifteen days only suggest two things, first, the sign of Arab Ministers, in advance, evade the Syrian regime of its recommendations, and secondly, the rush to move to the second phase of a scheme to deal with the «Syrian case» after having completed the duty of advice and guidance. And confirmation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim - in response to accusations of Syrian representative - that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) «not ride for the implementation of schemes West» reveals the awareness of the Arab Foreign Ministers of the effectiveness of what kept him from the leaves of pressure to address the «Syrian case» in the framework of Arab and spare Damascus risk «internationalization» crisis. If these papers begin to freeze the membership of Syria in the Arab League and the end to recognize the legitimate representative of the National Council for the Syrian people that does not absolve the segments of Syrian society of collective responsibility to reach a compromise formula for their political system ... Its predecessor, the most prominent Lebanese Taif Agreement.
Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari
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20/10/2011
By Sawsan Abu-Husain
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has disclosed details of what went on at the latest consultative meeting of the Arab foreign ministers concerning the Syrian crisis and said "everyone tried without exception to give Damascus an opportunity for a solution through the Arab initiative but Syria rejected it and considered it interference in its internal affairs."
He asserted in an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat that the Arab countries rejected the imposition of sanctions on Syria and foreign intervention as well as freezing Damascus's Arab League's [AL] membership while providing an opportunity for the Arab initiative that is considered the basic wall for preventing interventions and said "if Damascus rejects the Arab solution's opportunity then matters will get out of control."
He also revealed his country's intervention to improve the atmospheres between Saudi Arabia and Iran following the Iranian attempt to assassinate Saudi Ambassador in Washington Adel Al-Jubeir and said "we tried to intercede with Iran but we failed" and expressed his expectation of Washington's insistence on its stand of escalation with Iran.
Following is the text of the interview:
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Some are expecting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to respond positively to the AL Council's resolution and also believe that the diplomatic solution in Syria has been overtaken by time in view of the opposition's rejection of dialogue and the continued violence by the regime. In your assessment, do you believe the AL statement is capable of dealing with the crisis?
[Zebari] The Arab foreign ministers held consultations before the official meeting and the aim was to activate the Arab stand and present solutions and initiatives for drawing up the right solution for what is happening in Syria. It was not right for the world to talk about the tragic humanitarian conditions and difficult security while the Arab League remained without a stand. A long list of demands and proposals was presented at this meeting. But the others and we rejected three issues. The first was no to foreign intervention; the second was no to freezing Syria's membership because that step would not help the diplomatic efforts and Syria was a founder member of the AL; and the third was no imposition of sanctions on it. That was the Iraqi stand too. We talked about the importance of activating the Arab initiative and giving it another chance, particularly as events were quickening. From this premise, we agreed that what we proposed should be serious and credible, particularly as the Arab peoples and public opinion would not accept an AL resolution that is not firm. I can honestly say that all the Arab foreign ministers were concerned about Syria's security and unity and overcoming of this crisis or tribulation. But the starting point is the demand for the immediate stop to fighting.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] As this measure will lead to the immediate stop of any foreign intervention or abort any conspiracy against Syria?
[Zebari] Stopping the fighting will certainly stop intervention. A dialogue took place between the foreign ministers about the issue of the infighting and who was carrying it out in Syria. In any case, the principle is the immediate stop of fighting. We also talked about the importance of an Arab ministerial committee to follow up as well as an attempt to hold a real national dialogue between the opposition inside and outside the country and the Syrian Government. We proposed to have this dialogue held at the AL headquarters since it is the house of the Arabs and a neutral side that has no private interest. We care about both the Syrian Government and the Syrian people. We mentioned that Iraq had in the past the experiment of national dialogue that was hosted by the AL and whose results were positive. We also mentioned that several dialogues were achieved outside the concerned country, such as the Doha agreement for Lebanon that was done outside it, Al-Taif accord, and Al- Fashir one about Sudan and so on. Hence the idea of holding a national dialogue inside Syria is a difficult one to implement at present because there are parties or forces whose participation might not be guaranteed. The AL secretary general was therefore given this task of making contacts and achieving the convocation of the dialogue within two weeks from the issuance of the resolution. The other point in the AL's resolution is that there is an opportunity and we are expecting the Syrian side to respond positively to it. But if this does not happen, then we will think of other measures.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] And what are these other measures?
[Zebari] Several measures were proposed which we rejected, such as freezing membership, foreign intervention, and the imposition of sanctions. The countries will discuss other measures that will help Syria's stability and unity without using the three alternatives we rejected. We believe what was proposed at the extraordinary meeting was beneficial and serves Syria and the opposition. If this is not achieved, then matters will get out of control. This opinion was presented to the Syrian delegation very clearly and frankly because US and Western pressures on Syria are increasing. We therefore proposed an initiative to be an opportunity before Syria for overcoming these pressures. But the Syrian stand was clear. It rejected and expressed reservations about the AL statement and even rejected the Arab initiative idea.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Does Damascus consider the Arab initiative interference in its internal affairs?
[Zebari] Yes. Syria considers it interference in its internal affairs. The Syrian delegation was given full freedom to express its stand. I believe the ministerial meeting, whether the official or consultative one, was good and constructive.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Did the ministers discuss other issues such as the Iranian dossier?
[Zebari] No. The discussions were about Syria only.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Do you not believe that the situation in Syria and the region is very dangerous and that what the Arab foreign ministers did has been overtaken by events?
[Zebari] The situation is certainly getting more complicated daily in view of the continuing shedding of blood, use of violence, and daily clashes. All this is causing us concern about what these events will lead to.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Can Iraq intercede with Iran to stop the escalation which it is carrying out at present against Saudi Arabia and the Gulf on the basis of the unique relations between Tehran and Baghdad?
[Zebari] I do not see at present any prospect for such a role. We did in fact try but did not succeed for several reasons which I do not want to go into them. But there is definitely escalation between Iran and the United States, especially following the recent information about the attempt to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. We are really following this issue and demanding information. But the Iranian side is refusing to give any information. The second thing is the accusation of the intention to do something and I mean that no real murder happened. I believe the issue is complicated and a large part of it is pertains to security and intelligence information that might be doubted here and there. But the US stand is adhering to its stand on this matter.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] But this issue has repercussions for Iraq and all the region's countries?
[Zebari] It certainly has repercussion for us because we are at the forefront of the storm.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] What advice did you give Iran?
[Zebari] We did not really hold direct talks with them about this issue but talked to the US side, expressed our view, and asked several questions. The issue is still in its beginning and we do not have a specific stand apart from what the AL announced at the meeting held at the envoys' level. In my view, this issue is going to have reactions.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] What about AL Secretary General Nabil El-Arabi’s visit to Iraq?
[Zebari] I met him to arrange for this anticipated visit for consulting and communicating with the Iraqi Government and politicians, particularly the issue of holding the next Arab summit. We have few months for resolving this issue and therefore the visit is still on the table and will be made soon.
Gemayel urges guiding charter for the Arab Spring
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-21/151831-gemayel-urges-guiding-charter-for-the-arab-spring.ashx
October 21, 2011 01:41 AM
By Wassim Mroueh
BEIRUT: The Arab League should produce a guiding charter to correct the “vague” and “dangerous” course of Arab uprisings and protect minorities, Kataeb (Phalange) Party leader Amin Gemayel said Thursday.
“We refuse that Christians in Egypt or any other Arab state pay the price of the struggle between the East and the West, between regimes and revolutions and between moderation and extremism,” Gemayel told a news conference to brief reporters on his recent visit to Egypt. The country saw deadly clashes between Coptic Christians and the Egyptian army earlier this month.
“The Christians of Lebanon and the East are not scapegoats for any side and the time has come to protect their presence” through legislation that treats them as equals, he said.
Gemayel urged the Arab League to lay down a charter by which revolutions commit to democracy and the respect of all components of Arab society.
“I proposed to the [Arab League] Secretary General that the Arab League hold a closed seminar embracing academicians and elites from various Arab countries to discuss these ideas and come up with the charter.”
During his stay in Egypt, Gemayel held talks with Qatar’s Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Bin Jaber al-Thani, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Amr, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi, Coptic Pope Shenouda III and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayeb, the head of Cairo’s Al-Azhar.
Gemayel warned that his visit to Egypt came as popular movements in the Arab world “are passing through a dangerous phase.”
“Not only because of the oppression of the regimes but because of vagueness which surrounds the course of these revolutions,” he added.
Asked whether Lebanon should recognize the opposition Syrian National Council, he declined to discuss the “particularities” of Syria. “There is no single party representing the opposition and revolutionaries in Syria, there are several sides inside and outside [Syria],” he said. “Let’s wait until the opposition has a unified stance … and wait for efforts made by the Arab League and in light of this we will have a stance.”
Gemayel said it was “natural” for Syrian Christians to be involved in their country’s uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Qatar may withdraw from the Arab Ministerial Committee
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Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 9:28:45
The Secretary of the League of Arab States, Dr. Nabil el-Arabi, Qatar may withdraw from the Arab Ministerial Committee on the Syrian government to communicate, to start a national dialogue under the auspices of Syrian Arab League and in the direction of political reforms to meet the aspirations of the Syrian people.
al-Arabi said in his statements to the press that he had received a promise from the Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim it will matter to the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to discuss the possibility of an apology for the presidency of Qatar, the Arab Ministerial Committee.
The Secretary-General to the Prime Minister of Qatar, told him he was not holding under the chairmanship of the Committee and will discuss with the Emir of Qatar in Doha is the withdrawal of or apology for the presidency if that would help facilitate the mission and reduce the sensitivities of Damascus and reservations.
It should be noted that the representative of Syria to the Arab League Ambassador Ahmed Yousef criticized in his speech to the Council of the League of Arab Ministers, especially the GCC countries, and suggested to link the emergency meeting of Arab ministers failed to pass a resolution in the Security Council on the situation in his country.
مباحثات سورية لبنانية لتعزيز العلاقات الاقتصادية بين البلدين
Economy Minister, Lebanese Ambassador Discuss Enhancing Economic Relations
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/19/376491.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/24/2011/10/19/376495.htm
Oct 19, 2011
Reviewed by Dr. Muhammad Nidal Shaar and Minister of Economy and Trade today with Michel Khoury, Lebanon's Ambassador to Damascus ways to strengthen economic and trade relations between Syria and Lebanon, including brother will reflect positively on the economic and trade between the two countries.
The minister said Shaar on the desire to develop economic cooperation between Syria and Lebanon in the framework of historical ties and common economic fundamentals and integrated business between them.
In turn, noted the Ambassador Khoury large capacity of the Syrian economy, including the attributes of the physical and human elements in the fields of trade, banking, cultural, tourist and other stressing the need for coordination and cooperation between the two countries in economic, trade and investment which reflects positively on the two economies.
رسالة من الرئيس الأسد للرئيس السوداني تتعلق بأهمية علاقات البلدين والأوضاع في سورية.. الرئيس البشير: سورية تتعرض لمؤامرة خارجية وإضعافها خدمة مجانية لأعداء الأمة
Message from the President al-Assad to the Sudanese President regarding the importance of bilateral relations and the situation in Syria .. President Al-Bashir: Syria is under a foreign plot and weaken the free service to the nation's enemies
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/19/376648.htm
October 19, 2011
Khartoum - SANA
Received Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir a message from President Bashar al-Assad regarding the importance of relations between Syria and Sudan and the need for them in various fields and Syria's support for the territorial integrity and the people of Sudan Add to explain about the conditions experienced by Syria moved Dr. Faisal Miqdad Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants during a meeting between Sudanese President in Khartoum today.
President Al-Bashir stressed that the Syrian-Sudanese relations have maintained a constant evolution in the interests of the two peoples and two countries and said that Syria is exposed to a foreign plot because of its consistent position on Arab issues and that any weakening of Syria is a free service to the enemies of the Arab nation.
President Bashir explained that plots planned by some departments do not target Arab countries, in itself, but it is targeting all the Arab countries, stressing that Sudan is standing with the security and stability of Syria and against any foreign interference in its internal affairs.
The Sudanese president stressed the importance of Arab solidarity that ensures the interests of all the Arab countries about the challenges they face.
And Dr. Miqdad During the meeting a presentation about the American attack on Syria and the West, stressing that Syria has put behind her a lot of elements of the crisis thanks to its people's awareness of the objectives of the conspiracy exposed.
Dealt with in detail by Dr. Miqdad political and economic reforms and social and carried out by the Syrian leadership in line with the future of Syria and the aspirations of their constituencies and to maintain the independence and sovereignty and not to allow foreign interference in its internal affairs.
Dr. Miqdad that each time step where the reforms a step forward was the onslaught of Western escalate against the support of the machine media to mislead the Arab public opinion and international level about what is happening in Syria in order to distort the facts and the formation of public opinion does not serve the reform process and helps to pass the conspiracies Thokha Western circles against Syria and its central role in the region and its home front in order to break up the real guarantee to meet the enemies of the Arab nation.
Meeting was attended by the Syrian ambassador in Sudan, Habib Ali Abbas.
روسيا : نترقب موقف دمشق من المبادرة العربية
Russia: we await the position of Damascus, the Arab initiative
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=04f06e8d9526e1e94ba2bfaba15eb96d&ar=471703255
Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 9:35:08
Russian Ambassador in Lebanon that Russia Alexander Saspkin evaluated positively initiatives of the League of Arab States to Syria, saying that the latter proposal is based on the principles of sound political, such as non-interference and external dialogue.
Saspkin called, in an interview the Syrian authorities to determine the position of the proposal.
Saspkin expressed his country's concern about the likelihood of escalation of the situation and the civil war in Syria, denying any fear of repercussions along the "Arab spring" to the "backyard" of his country.
He stressed the need to apply the rules of the program's stated reforms, calling for Assad to accelerate reforms.
The Russian ambassador said his country does not accept the slogan to topple the Syrian regime, saying that the most important remains the normalization of the situation in Syria and a fundamental reform.
He said: "We are against the parties who are asking the Syrian issue from the existence of the system, veto it or not," calling for reform and dialogue, regardless of the people, noting that the Syrian President is the same as talking about the nomination of the names of presidents in the future.
عمورة: سورية ترحب بأي جهد عربي مخلص للحفاظ على العمل العربي المشترك بما يصون مصالح الأمة
Ammourah: Syria welcomes any savior Arab effort to keep the joint Arab action to safeguard the interests of the nation
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/20/376671.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/20/c_131202820.htm
October 20, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Abdel-Fattah Ammourah, Assistant Foreign Minister, said that Syria would welcome any Arab effort to keep the faithful of joint Arab action that protects the interests of the Arab nation.
The Ammourah said in a seminar held at the Damascus branch of the party this evening: that Syria welcomes the participation of representatives of Russia, China and South Africa, India and Brazil in the dialogue will take place on Syrian territory between all components of the people and society in Syria and from different directions, giving guarantees for all.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs said that Syria occupies a geostrategically important people to be a major focus in solving all the problems of the region and therefore cannot be overcome and this is borne out by events, experiences, and history is known to be in the Syrian regime Arab nationalist secular was and still is the basic guarantor of all the components of the Syrian society is the home of the alphabet and the cradle of civilizations and cultures throughout history have demonstrated the efficacy of this system that maintained the national unity, security and stability.
The Ammourah that Syria since its independence maintained and still maintains the independence of its sovereign and national political and managed through the various stages to overcome all the plots and schemes that aimed to dismantle the national unity and seeking to discourage them from moving forward in maintaining the strengthening of the project pan-Arab nationalist in the face of the Zionist project in the region .
Ammourah made a brief explanation about the events in the foreign plot in Syria and experienced by referring to the awareness of the Syrian people, who foiled the plot through its national unity and rallying around the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad and his support for the reform process led.
In turn, Farah al-Muntaliq, Associate Minister of Education, said: The human being is the essential foundation for any process of evolutionary development, therefore, highlights the importance of developing education and education service to the community.
The absolute: The process of development in the inputs of the educational process in the resources provided by the state of school buildings and curriculum and teacher preparation and transmission of these inputs to the process of interactive procedural aims to reach the breeding generation active in the community.
Seminar was attended by Secretary of the Damascus branch of the party and popular events and a number of interested people and guests.
العربي: تلقيت اتصالاً من المعلم يبلغني فيه أن دمشق ستدرس قرار الجامعة العربية الأخير
al-Arabi: I received a call from al-Mu'allim informing me that the Damascus will study the Arab League's latest decision
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=0ab3a96d9204113234a17bffb97cd266&ar=936442306
Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 13:53:36
Dr. Nabil al-Arabi League Secretary General of Arab States that he had received a call from the Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu'allim told him that Damascus will study during which the Arab League resolution in spite of its reservation on it.
He pointed in an interview with the newspaper "An Nahar" Lebanese October 20 to the possibility of convening another meeting of the Arab League Council next week to discuss what can be done.
And approved the Arabs that the Arab League does not have the papers effect on the earth, and every possession is to condemn or denounce or condemn, and noted the Arab situation in Syria is totally unacceptable, and al-Arabi explained that the Syrian representative recorded reservation in the last ministerial meeting, and Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu'allim told him "they are despite their reservations would study the decision of the League."
On the issue of Yemeni considered to be different from the Syrian situation and that the efforts made and being made to address the crisis, and expressed his belief that the Gulf States are still enthusiastic about the initiative, but pointed out that the "problem" lies in a delay severe and marvelous in dealing with the proposals of the Gulf by President Ali Abdullah is valid.
سوريا ترحّب باللجنة الوزارية العربية برئاسة قطر في دمشق
Syria welcomed the Arab Ministerial Committee under the chairmanship of Qatar in Damascus
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=073fd72c8bc9b683500aef44933cd8a2&ar=524998942
Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 15:50:31
The Arab League confirmed in a statement, published today, Thursday, that the Syrian government welcomes the reception of the Ministerial Committee under the chairmanship of Qatar in Damascus on 26 October.
He added the statement that the purpose of the visit is to comply with the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Arab foreign ministers to stop the violence and the organization of national and comprehensive dialogue between the opposition and the government.
The Arab foreign ministers called on Sunday night in a statement issued at the end they held an emergency meeting in Cairo to hold a national dialogue involving the Government and the Syrian "opposition parties all the divides within 15 days," but that Syria was reserved for this statement.
The statement also called for "an immediate and comprehensive of the violence, murder and put an end to the manifestations of the armed and the abandonment of processing security in order to avoid more casualties and the drift to the outbreak of the conflict between the components of the Syrian people and to preserve the civil peace and the protection of civilians and the unity of the fabric of Syrian society."
Chinese FM, Arab League chief exchange views on Syria over phone
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/20/c_131203241.htm
English.news.cn 2011-10-20 23:30:59
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi here on Thursday discussed the situation in Syria in a telephone conversation with Arab League (AL) chief.
"The concerned parties of Syria should put the national and people's interests first, abandon violence and avoid bloodshed, so as to restore stability and order to the country through dialogue," Yang told AL Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi.
"The Syria government should implement its promised reforms, and respond to the reasonable demands from the people. The opposition should also have peaceful dialogue with the government," Yang added.
Syria has witnessed massive anti-government protests across the country since mid-March 2011.
For his part, al-Arabi related the AL's position on the issue of Syria and appreciated the positive role played by China in this matter.
Yang said "China will continue playing its role, and China attaches great importance to the Arab League's role in regional peace and stability. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with the Arab League on these issues."
Yang was on a two-day visit to Denmark ending Thursday, during which he met Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and his Danish counterpart Villy Soevndal.
Franjieh: Hariri's Hatred towards Assad Stems from Sectarian Feelings
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/18081-franjieh-hariri-s-hatred-towards-assad-stems-from-sectarian-feelings
by Naharnet Newsdesk
20 October 2011, 22:39
Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh on Thursday announced his rejection of a possible rise to power by Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood, saying “I cannot accept those who believe that it is permissible to spill my blood.”
In an interview on LBC television, Franjieh revealed that ex-PM Saad Hariri had allegedly told him Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was “totally innocent” of his father’s 2005 assassination and that “the Iranians were behind the assassination” of former premier Rafik Hariri.
“That’s why I say that his (Saad Hariri’s) hatred towards Assad stems from sectarian feelings and that was demonstrated through his support for (ousted Egyptian leader) Hosni Mubarak and others,” Franjieh charged.
“The Hariri dynasty has been trying to dominate the country and impose pro-Sunni policies, but this is an impossible scheme,” he noted.
Asked about the possibility of Assad being ousted by the eight-month revolt rocking his nation, Franjieh said: “On a personal level, and given my ties with him, I would be losing a brother and a bet on a political alliance that dates back to (former) president (Suleiman) Franjieh’s era.”
“We respect the Syrian people, but aren’t the residents of Aleppo and Damascus part of this people?” he said, referring to the recent pro-Assad rallies in Syria’s largest two cities and economic powerhouses.
Franjieh added that Assad is being pressured in order to “give up his support for Hizbullah, Iran and the Palestinian cause.”
“Many people believe that Syria will be fragmented, but President Assad totally rejects such a hypothesis and he also rejects the stirring of sectarian sentiments,” the MP went on to say.
Addressing the domestic issues, Franjieh voiced his satisfaction with Prime Minister Najib Miqati’s performance.
“He is practicing his political centrism,” the Marada leader added.
Asked about Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil’s policies, Franjieh said the latter “has the right to discuss his projects in detail.”
“But he is tiresome and he has exhausted the country and the Lebanese,” Franjieh said of the energy minister.
“I’m not with tasking (Labor Minister) Charbel Nahhas with confronting Harirism, because his approach is Marxist and I don’t believe that it is valid,” Franjieh went on to say.
He also declared his rejection of a VAT hike “as it won’t solve the deficit problem.”
Asked about the controversial issue of funding the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Franjieh said: “We had deemed it unconstitutional since the very beginning.”
نحو «طائف».. سوري
About «Taif» .. Syrian
Walid Abu Murshid
http://www.aawsat.com/leader.asp?wrid=3
http://backupurl.com/yqtmx1
2011.10.21
Despite the short time (15 days) awarded by the Arab foreign ministers of the Syrian regime to reform the cessation of violence and ensure a peaceful transition of power ... Conference looks like the beginning of a long-term deal with the Arab «the Syrian case» may not end the process of transition of power, but also goes beyond the agreement «Taif» New (similar to b «Taif» Lebanese) reformulate pluralist system to Syria.
Signs of this trend can be discerned from the agreement and the Arab foreign ministers, during their meetings, consultative, to host the Arab League «for a dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition», and their willingness to send a ministerial committee to visit Syria, and held meetings with the government and the opposition, what constitutes the beginning of a serious commitment to «the Syrian case ».
It is interesting that avoids the Arab ministers, meeting in emergency Cairo, a proposal to freeze the membership of Syria in the Arab League - as demanded by the Syrian National Council - may mean that they prefer a gradual approach for the treatment of «the Syrian case» before reaching the last treatment ... «Ironing».
However, not without the recommendation of the Arab Foreign Ministers of the dimensions of the policy implications are hard to ignore. It may be highlighted not only their recognition of the existence of axes other than the Syrian government in Damascus - practically absent for the events - but equality of reference the opposition the government's authority to adopt needed reforms. In this context, the right of the National Council may consider that the Syrian Arab foreign ministers have become, after the Government of Russia, the official body recognized by the second, indirectly, by declaring their readiness to host the two dialogue sessions proposed between him and the Syrian regime.
The other phenomenon is revealed by the recommendations of the Arab foreign ministers are considering the phenomenon of the Syrian government and if they do not exist «formal», Inviting Dialogue limit the representativeness of the current under the category of groups of partisan feuding with the other party ... No less representative of the Syrian street, if not surpass them in popularity.
The political dimension of the other for the grace of Arab foreign ministers of the Syrian regime fifteen days only for direct dialogue with the opposition is classified as lining of the system in check systems inadequate political to the extent permitted minister ignored the sovereignty - shaky at all - at home, and thus uniqueness unilaterally put «Agenda» stop the of violence.
On this level may be the conclusion of the limited reaction to the recommendations of the Syrian Arab ministers on the most vulnerable forms of diplomatic objection, any «reservation» instead of «rejection», to evaluate the issue of Arab Ministers «sovereignty» Syrian regime against its people and its land not far from reality.
Significance remains to determine the future of foreign ministers and a brief period of time for direct action to stop the Syrian regime's violence, a period is not enough - if the traffic - to complete the preliminary contacts to prepare for the dialogue sessions.
Palace of this period to fifteen days only suggest two things, first, the sign of Arab Ministers, in advance, evade the Syrian regime of its recommendations, and secondly, the rush to move to the second phase of a scheme to deal with the «Syrian case» after having completed the duty of advice and guidance. And confirmation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim - in response to accusations of Syrian representative - that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) «not ride for the implementation of schemes West» reveals the awareness of the Arab Foreign Ministers of the effectiveness of what kept him from the leaves of pressure to address the «Syrian case» in the framework of Arab and spare Damascus risk «internationalization» crisis. If these papers begin to freeze the membership of Syria in the Arab League and the end to recognize the legitimate representative of the National Council for the Syrian people that does not absolve the segments of Syrian society of collective responsibility to reach a compromise formula for their political system ... Its predecessor, the most prominent Lebanese Taif Agreement.
Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari
http://asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=3&id=27011
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20/10/2011
By Sawsan Abu-Husain
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has disclosed details of what went on at the latest consultative meeting of the Arab foreign ministers concerning the Syrian crisis and said "everyone tried without exception to give Damascus an opportunity for a solution through the Arab initiative but Syria rejected it and considered it interference in its internal affairs."
He asserted in an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat that the Arab countries rejected the imposition of sanctions on Syria and foreign intervention as well as freezing Damascus's Arab League's [AL] membership while providing an opportunity for the Arab initiative that is considered the basic wall for preventing interventions and said "if Damascus rejects the Arab solution's opportunity then matters will get out of control."
He also revealed his country's intervention to improve the atmospheres between Saudi Arabia and Iran following the Iranian attempt to assassinate Saudi Ambassador in Washington Adel Al-Jubeir and said "we tried to intercede with Iran but we failed" and expressed his expectation of Washington's insistence on its stand of escalation with Iran.
Following is the text of the interview:
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Some are expecting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to respond positively to the AL Council's resolution and also believe that the diplomatic solution in Syria has been overtaken by time in view of the opposition's rejection of dialogue and the continued violence by the regime. In your assessment, do you believe the AL statement is capable of dealing with the crisis?
[Zebari] The Arab foreign ministers held consultations before the official meeting and the aim was to activate the Arab stand and present solutions and initiatives for drawing up the right solution for what is happening in Syria. It was not right for the world to talk about the tragic humanitarian conditions and difficult security while the Arab League remained without a stand. A long list of demands and proposals was presented at this meeting. But the others and we rejected three issues. The first was no to foreign intervention; the second was no to freezing Syria's membership because that step would not help the diplomatic efforts and Syria was a founder member of the AL; and the third was no imposition of sanctions on it. That was the Iraqi stand too. We talked about the importance of activating the Arab initiative and giving it another chance, particularly as events were quickening. From this premise, we agreed that what we proposed should be serious and credible, particularly as the Arab peoples and public opinion would not accept an AL resolution that is not firm. I can honestly say that all the Arab foreign ministers were concerned about Syria's security and unity and overcoming of this crisis or tribulation. But the starting point is the demand for the immediate stop to fighting.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] As this measure will lead to the immediate stop of any foreign intervention or abort any conspiracy against Syria?
[Zebari] Stopping the fighting will certainly stop intervention. A dialogue took place between the foreign ministers about the issue of the infighting and who was carrying it out in Syria. In any case, the principle is the immediate stop of fighting. We also talked about the importance of an Arab ministerial committee to follow up as well as an attempt to hold a real national dialogue between the opposition inside and outside the country and the Syrian Government. We proposed to have this dialogue held at the AL headquarters since it is the house of the Arabs and a neutral side that has no private interest. We care about both the Syrian Government and the Syrian people. We mentioned that Iraq had in the past the experiment of national dialogue that was hosted by the AL and whose results were positive. We also mentioned that several dialogues were achieved outside the concerned country, such as the Doha agreement for Lebanon that was done outside it, Al-Taif accord, and Al- Fashir one about Sudan and so on. Hence the idea of holding a national dialogue inside Syria is a difficult one to implement at present because there are parties or forces whose participation might not be guaranteed. The AL secretary general was therefore given this task of making contacts and achieving the convocation of the dialogue within two weeks from the issuance of the resolution. The other point in the AL's resolution is that there is an opportunity and we are expecting the Syrian side to respond positively to it. But if this does not happen, then we will think of other measures.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] And what are these other measures?
[Zebari] Several measures were proposed which we rejected, such as freezing membership, foreign intervention, and the imposition of sanctions. The countries will discuss other measures that will help Syria's stability and unity without using the three alternatives we rejected. We believe what was proposed at the extraordinary meeting was beneficial and serves Syria and the opposition. If this is not achieved, then matters will get out of control. This opinion was presented to the Syrian delegation very clearly and frankly because US and Western pressures on Syria are increasing. We therefore proposed an initiative to be an opportunity before Syria for overcoming these pressures. But the Syrian stand was clear. It rejected and expressed reservations about the AL statement and even rejected the Arab initiative idea.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Does Damascus consider the Arab initiative interference in its internal affairs?
[Zebari] Yes. Syria considers it interference in its internal affairs. The Syrian delegation was given full freedom to express its stand. I believe the ministerial meeting, whether the official or consultative one, was good and constructive.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Did the ministers discuss other issues such as the Iranian dossier?
[Zebari] No. The discussions were about Syria only.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Do you not believe that the situation in Syria and the region is very dangerous and that what the Arab foreign ministers did has been overtaken by events?
[Zebari] The situation is certainly getting more complicated daily in view of the continuing shedding of blood, use of violence, and daily clashes. All this is causing us concern about what these events will lead to.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Can Iraq intercede with Iran to stop the escalation which it is carrying out at present against Saudi Arabia and the Gulf on the basis of the unique relations between Tehran and Baghdad?
[Zebari] I do not see at present any prospect for such a role. We did in fact try but did not succeed for several reasons which I do not want to go into them. But there is definitely escalation between Iran and the United States, especially following the recent information about the attempt to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. We are really following this issue and demanding information. But the Iranian side is refusing to give any information. The second thing is the accusation of the intention to do something and I mean that no real murder happened. I believe the issue is complicated and a large part of it is pertains to security and intelligence information that might be doubted here and there. But the US stand is adhering to its stand on this matter.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] But this issue has repercussions for Iraq and all the region's countries?
[Zebari] It certainly has repercussion for us because we are at the forefront of the storm.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] What advice did you give Iran?
[Zebari] We did not really hold direct talks with them about this issue but talked to the US side, expressed our view, and asked several questions. The issue is still in its beginning and we do not have a specific stand apart from what the AL announced at the meeting held at the envoys' level. In my view, this issue is going to have reactions.
[Asharq Al-Awsat] What about AL Secretary General Nabil El-Arabi’s visit to Iraq?
[Zebari] I met him to arrange for this anticipated visit for consulting and communicating with the Iraqi Government and politicians, particularly the issue of holding the next Arab summit. We have few months for resolving this issue and therefore the visit is still on the table and will be made soon.
Gemayel urges guiding charter for the Arab Spring
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-21/151831-gemayel-urges-guiding-charter-for-the-arab-spring.ashx
October 21, 2011 01:41 AM
By Wassim Mroueh
BEIRUT: The Arab League should produce a guiding charter to correct the “vague” and “dangerous” course of Arab uprisings and protect minorities, Kataeb (Phalange) Party leader Amin Gemayel said Thursday.
“We refuse that Christians in Egypt or any other Arab state pay the price of the struggle between the East and the West, between regimes and revolutions and between moderation and extremism,” Gemayel told a news conference to brief reporters on his recent visit to Egypt. The country saw deadly clashes between Coptic Christians and the Egyptian army earlier this month.
“The Christians of Lebanon and the East are not scapegoats for any side and the time has come to protect their presence” through legislation that treats them as equals, he said.
Gemayel urged the Arab League to lay down a charter by which revolutions commit to democracy and the respect of all components of Arab society.
“I proposed to the [Arab League] Secretary General that the Arab League hold a closed seminar embracing academicians and elites from various Arab countries to discuss these ideas and come up with the charter.”
During his stay in Egypt, Gemayel held talks with Qatar’s Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Bin Jaber al-Thani, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Amr, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi, Coptic Pope Shenouda III and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayeb, the head of Cairo’s Al-Azhar.
Gemayel warned that his visit to Egypt came as popular movements in the Arab world “are passing through a dangerous phase.”
“Not only because of the oppression of the regimes but because of vagueness which surrounds the course of these revolutions,” he added.
Asked whether Lebanon should recognize the opposition Syrian National Council, he declined to discuss the “particularities” of Syria. “There is no single party representing the opposition and revolutionaries in Syria, there are several sides inside and outside [Syria],” he said. “Let’s wait until the opposition has a unified stance … and wait for efforts made by the Arab League and in light of this we will have a stance.”
Gemayel said it was “natural” for Syrian Christians to be involved in their country’s uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Oct 20 International
المعلم يتسلم نسخة من أوراق اعتماد سفير روسيا الجديد
al-Mu'allim Receives Credentials of Russia's New Ambassador
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/19/376468.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/10/19/376471.htm
Oct 19, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Mu'allim on Wednesday received a copy of credentials of Azamat Kulmukhametov as Russia's new ambassador to Syria.
The meeting between the two sides tackled the distinguished bilateral relations and ways of boosting them in all domains.
الأزمة السورية.. بين آمال الحل وحقائق التفاقم
Syrian crisis .. Solution between the hopes and the realities of exacerbations
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/569477
19.10.2011 22:52
Yaroslav Volkov, an expert on the Middle East at the Academy of the Russian military said, in an interview with "Russia Today", that it is early to talk about a decline in the Syrian crisis. Volkov said that there is still an opportunity to get out of the country's predicament.
The following is the text of the interview with Yaroslav Volkov:
Q: The city of Aleppo, a rally in support of the Syrian regime and in support of the reforms announced recently, do you read the change at the level of the Syrian crisis?
A: I would like to point out that Syria has witnessed by demonstrations in support of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The latter of which is held by some countries' attempts to pass a resolution by the UN Security Council condemns one party to the dispute is the ruling regime. Of course, each country circumstances, but I think that most Syrians support one way or another regime of Bashar al-Assad and the ruling al-Baath Party. Came the recent demonstrations of this new evidence. The opposition continuing its its demonstrations, and of course cannot talk about a serious turning point in the evolution of the crisis based on the demonstration in support of the system.
Q: What is the impact of the divides that we are witnessing now in the Syrian army in the balance of power between the Authority and the Syrian opposition?
A: Unlike other Arab armies, the Syrian army still maintains, like security and police forces for loyalty to the ruling regime. The reason for this is the work of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party in the armed forces, in addition to the existence of political bodies in the army run by the political administration of the Syrian armed forces. I think that single cases of fleeing members of the military with the opposition as possible, each person may be motivated to stand its own against the established authority. But I do not expect enrollment of large numbers of soldiers or units with full military opposition in the near future, because that would mean civil war.
Q: There are diplomatic efforts being made by many parties, Russia mediator of the Port in order to launch the dialogue between the opposition and power, do you think that these efforts will succeed in attempts to end the crisis in Syria?
A: What contributes to the solution of the crisis is useful. I would not be talking about that Russia is currently the role of mediator between the opposition and the ruling regime. As for Russia's use of the veto in the UN Security Council to block a resolution condemning the Syrian regime from one side, it shows that Russia has taken a stand in favor of dialogue between the government and the opposition. As Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to resolve the matter back to the people of Syria itself. It is true that Russia is maintaining contacts with power and with some representatives of the opposition alike, but that does not mean that it is mediating between the parties, although having such a role is possible.
وفد من نواب حزب الله يزور روسيا
Delegation of MPs from the Hezbollah to visit Russia
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=6fd04d0fe0caa0602a58cf5de3026522&ar=718140677
Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 15:34:54
The President of the mass of "Loyalty to the Resistance" parliamentary Hezbollah's, MP Muhammad Raad, on Wednesday expressed his appreciation for Russia's role in the reconstruction of Lebanon shortly after the devastation of the Israeli war in 2006, and said that Russia's opposition to a draft resolution against Syria in the Security Council put an end to those who seek to dominate the region.
The news channel "Russia Today" about Raad, who heads a delegation of the Mass today began an official visit to Moscow last 3 days at the invitation of the Russian side, his expression during the talks with the Vice President of the Russian Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky, expressed appreciation for Russia's role in the reconstruction of Lebanon shortly after Israel's destruction of its infrastructure in 2006.
Raad said that "Russia's position in the Security Council against the draft to punish Syria for its resistance to Israeli aggression, the development limits for all parties that seek to dominate and influence in the region."
For his part, Zhirinovsky said after meeting with the delegation, said Russia would continue to lend a helping hand to Lebanon as needed, adding to its commitment to the establishment of security in Lebanon, especially the Middle East in general.
The Russian official said that Moscow will continue to support Lebanon, technically, militarily, diplomatically and politically.
The channel quoted Russian sources said the delegation will hold meetings in the Russian Duma and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Department of Muslims of European part of Russia.
مستقبل ساركوزي ونخبنا الضالة
Sarkozy and the future of our elites stray
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10/19/2011
It seems clear that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is no longer interested in the issues that had occupied the past few months and is now busy with his battle in the upcoming presidential elections. And who have visited Paris recently touched the misty parking officials in Paris and their confusion and divisions about the files that were big Paris is the same axis and maker unsullied. The timing of the absence of France and its effectiveness does not satisfy those who bet on her and promises to them.
And is seen by some stakeholders in Paris to be absent or Paris «evasion» of its obligations cannot be explained only illness of President Sarkozy, chronic, genetic, led the fight «power and money first,» and there are indeed other data made Paris fall to the rear lines of the existing international conflict.
The inventory accounts in arrears set by Sarkozy's inner circle revealed the extent of losses suffered by the Paris and the extent of future losses in the event continued this path. The calculations indicated that the battles Sarkozy Alhamshonah them or Machiaveli or mercantile all accounts lost, and that is what those close to him for some «are promised» Syrians not only talk tickles dreams of living on promises, in the next May will not be Sarkozy in the French presidency, whoever was his opponent according to polls French opinion was close most of Sarkozy, while Syria would have made great strides toward stability and reform and development and then strategic role.
And they add that the cost of his battle against Syria, b originality for himself and on behalf of Israel and the United States, is the very large politically and strategically. And made Paris the place to blackmail multifaceted. Germany returned control to the European decision, and to recast Europe, something other than that craves the French. Europe, Turkish bill seemed very high and extends throughout the Ottoman Empire, and France will not be able to pay or accept and have no authority to no one. And it was clear that relations between Paris and «Istanbul» deteriorate and become «Yerevan» controlled by. P Sarkozy wanted to appease Yerevan and send a message to Moscow from there, riding the back of the Armenian blood was wrong address, among other errors committed at once, the letter P and arrived to Istanbul. Q Moscow and Beijing was evident in the road map in the Security Council, and was on Sarkozy to know that the point of disagreement with Moscow and Beijing is Damascus, and as a place of meeting, if he wants and is able to recognize the error, as he often did, but he is unable to be corrected as usual, too.
It seems clear that the country is not enough money to finance the battle of this size and the current risk strategy today in the Middle East, especially when the money began to threaten the interests of themselves and their interests Gulf Saudi Arabia in particular.
Sarkozy has failed to return to Damascus, a gas or in the reproduction of «Benghazi» in Syria. And failed to sow discord between Syria and the forces of opposition, resistance, and failed to persuade the health of the French political and economic choices. Sarkozy enters the battle of keeping the power heavy loads to failure and disappointment.
It does not matter the fate of Sarkozy's political, economic, P before Chirac ended his strategy to lapses, try riding on Sarkozy. But what is important and the fate of the Syrian Arab elite in particular, which are content to become a puppet to the hand is not their scene and they criticize and oppose regimes and chaos of government, and demanding to democracy and human rights better than their scene, listen to the instructions of money and power .? Not deserve better than this place that they put themselves in? Not too late yet, but time walking rapidly, and time of strategic change.
Syria's solution
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19 October, 2011
Although Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has formed a committee to draft a new constitution within four months, the move seems to be rejected by the protesters as they are bent upon sending President Assad home. So far, the Syrian president has offered many reform plans to pacify the angry protestors but all his attempts have failed. The protests that erupted on March 15 — initially calling for greater freedoms and later demanding the ouster of the Assad regime — have created a severe law and order situation in Syria. The security forces are facing armed resistance from the protestors across the country. Not only a large number of civilians have lost their lives and hundreds arrested, the armed protestors have also killed a good number of security personnel. Unfortunately, the western media is only propagating the loss of civilian lives in Syria, deliberately ignoring the death toll of security personnel in the ongoing tension in the country. The Syrian authorities have time and again pointed at the US and the western countries' financial support to the protestors, along with arms and ammunition.
Unfortunately, the international media is hiding this fact and promoting anti-Assad regime sentiments among the people across the world. The world must understand the imperialistic designs of the west and the role of the US in Syria. Syria is the only country in the region with leanings towards socialism. It has been a thorn in the eyes of the US and the west as it openly questions Israel's activities in the region. If President Assad's regime topples, the balance of power in the world will be further disturbed. It is encouraging that the UN Security Council has failed to pass a resolution against the Syrian authorities. Russia and China vetoed the anti-Syria resolution drafted by the western countries as they refrained from repeating the mistake that led the Nato forces to launch airstrikes in Libya. The sensible leaders of the world must oppose such attempts by both the west and the US.
For the stability, security and prosperity of the world, especially the third world countries, the creation of bipolarity or even multi-polarity in the world is very important. At present, an opinion is being built around the world against the deadly crackdown of the Syrian authorities on the anti-government protestors. The world, particularly the Arab countries, should put pressure on the US and the west to stop supporting the armed resistance in Syria and let the Syrian government hold talks with dissident leaders for a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
IRAJ SALMAN Lahore
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كورفيز: سورية تتعرض لمؤامرة تستهدف دورها الإقليمي
Col. Corvez: Plot against Syria Targets its Regional Role
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http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/19/376456.htm
Oct 19, 2011
He and strategic expert Colonel Alain Korfez that the conspiracy Syria is exposed to target its regional role and pivotal always said that the enrollment of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the American policy harms the reputation of France, which has long adopted a policy of non-interference in the affairs of other nations.
He asked Korfez in an interview for television Syrian Arab last night for the motives that urged Sarkozy to change his attitude toward Syria, adding that France cannot build its foreign policy, especially with the Arabs without taking the weight of Syria into consideration in this policy, stressing that the interest of France required to have a policy of manifest respect the rights of peoples and non-interference in the internal affairs of States.
Korfez added that Syria has an important natural resources and has a geographical location and cultural heritage and cultural features, which makes it an important country cannot be bypassed in Arab politics and the formation of a transit point towards the solution of many problems.
They also wondered .. Korfez Do you who kill the elements and the forces of the Syrian army, burn and destroy public and private institutions are peaceful and pro-human rights, or killers, adding that Israel facilitated the events taking place in Syria confirms the presence of a foreign plot aimed at Syria, pointing to the need to distinguish between demonstrators who call for reform in Syria and between armed groups that you want to seize power by force 0
The Korfez that President Bashar al-Assad wanted to since taking office a reform in his country and developed according to the requirements of modern times, but the external conditions of very large obstructed the implementation of the reform including the assassination of Rafic Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon, former Israeli war on Lebanon in / 2006 / and thus there were many obstacles in front of the march reform since he came to power and it was always waiting for a period of stability cannot be done in an atmosphere of reform, or problems in this chaotic atmosphere.
He added that President Assad Korfez Although the events for months expressed readiness and will to make reforms in the country for elections will be announced soon, expressing his conviction that the majority of the Syrian people will vote along with his reforms.
The other hand said Korfez there would be no military intervention of NATO against Syria and for various reasons including that it was not in the West and a way to open a new front military campaign against Syria because they are too busy elsewhere and have no possibility to intervene in Syria they are drowning and are involved in Afghanistan, Libya do not know how to get rid of this dilemma.
He Korfez economic sanctions taken by the EC against Syria aimed to develop difficulties in the life of the Syrians and the first to suffer is to the Syrian people, explaining that these sanctions could be a barrier, but will not prevent Syria from continuing in life.
He believed Korfez need to take the French authorities into account more and more that what is happening in Syria is not a democratic revolution, but violent attempt by the extremist forces want to impose their order on Syria and called on France to get away from the events that take place in Syria and the region and not to interfere in the internal affairs of the people.
The Korfez We hope that wisdom back to the French authorities seem they do not have a rational strategy in this large-scale issues and evidence for that is the issue of Libya's disastrous and support of the Commission Mufajie transition represents only itself.
He Korfez he must understand the need not to interfere with France in the conspiracy against Syria should not have to go far in its current but to fall about events and stop its support of the conspiracy armed against Syria, claiming that it supports a revolution for human rights, stressing that the Syrian government is present is the most efficient to apply reform in Syria but must be given sufficient time to implement it.
And Korfez that he had previously opposed the military intervention in Libya because it is in support of the rebellion against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi does not constitute a defense of human rights and civilians in Libya, said that the goal of the war on Libya is the heart of the system and replace it with other representatives and this is a big mistake, therefore, we have nothing but chaos in Libya.
He Korfez hoped to visit Syria soon, because it is a country of ancient culture is the oldest countries in the world inhabited until today and because of the Syrian people loving and wonderful.
المعلم للوفد الهندي: ما تتعرض له سورية حالياً هو نتيجة مواقفها الداعمة للقضايا العربية وفي مقدمتها القضية الفلسطينية
al-Mu'allim: The Countries' Region Will Realize that Destabilizing Syria Not in the Region's Interest
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/19/376557.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/19/376587.htm
Oct 19, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Walid al-Mu'allim on Wednesday said that Syria is looking forward to the best relations with Arab countries, and what it is facing is the result of its stances in support of the Arab issues, particularly the Palestinian Cause.
al-Mu'allim expressed confidence that "Sooner or later the region's countries will realize that the attempt to destabilize Syria's security won't be in the region's interest," during his meeting with the visiting Indian academic and media delegation.
Minister al-Mu'allim thanked the Indian leadership and people for their supportive stance at the UN Security Council which prevented the adoption of western draft resolution that could allow for foreign interference in Syria's internal affairs.
He reiterated Syria's determination to head towards the East to enhance its economic relations with the friendly countries in Asia, South America and Africa, in light of the US and European sanctions against Syria, "which negatively affect the Syrian citizens' life and living and expose the West's false claims of defending human rights."
Hr expressed Syria's firm will to move forward with implementing what was agreed upon during President al-Assad's visit to India and the Indian President's visit to Syria in 2010.
al-Mu'allim expressed confidence in the Syrian people's ability to overcome the crisis and sanctions.
al-Mu'allim presented to the delegation members a comprehensive and detailed review on the situation in Syria, indicating to the presence of armed groups which have been committing terrorist acts against civilians, law enforcement members and state establishments.
He also referred to the smuggling of arms by those groups into Syria through its borders with neighboring countries, noting that the arms shipments which have been seized by the authorities confirm this, the last of which was a car loaded with weapons in Idelb.
"No country in the world would accept that the security of its citizens be jeopardized," he added.
Minister al-Mu'allim indicated to the misleading media campaign launched against Syria, stressing the importance of the Indian delegation's visit in conveying the real image of what is taking palace in Syria.
al-Mu'allim referred to the citizens' legitimate demands which the Syrian government is working hard to fulfill through the comprehensive reform program announced by President Bashar al-Assad, citing the already issued legislative decrees regarding ending the emergency state, the political parties law, the elections law, the local administration law and the media law according to specific timetables.
He underscored the presidential decision recently issued by President al-Assad on forming a committee to draft a constitution for the country within a time period of 4 months.
The Minister stressed that the country is now in the process of holding a comprehensive national dialogue conference with the participation of all spectrums of the Syrian society and the national opposition to draw out a vision for Syria's future.
For their part, the delegation members stressed Syria's important role in the region, adding that what they saw on the ground during their visit to a number of governorates completely contradicts the image conveyed by some media.
The members hailed the state of stability and security they felt in the governorates and the steps taken by the Syrian leadership to achieve reforms, hoping that Syria would come out of the crisis as soon as possible without any foreign interference.
Arms trade to Middle East and North Africa shows failure of export controls
Tear gas and other riot control agents were widely used by security forces against protesters
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/arms-trade-middle-east-and-north-africa-shows-failure-export-controls-2011-1
Amnesty International
Omnia E. Al Desoukie
19 October 2011 Download the report in PDF
The USA, Russia and European countries supplied large quantities of weapons to repressive governments in the Middle East and North Africa before this year's uprisings despite having evidence of a substantial risk that they could be used to commit serious human rights violations, Amnesty International said today in a new report.
Arms Transfers To The Middle East And North Africa: Lessons For An Effective Arms Trade Treaty examines arms transfers to Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen since 2005.
"These findings highlight the stark failure of existing arms export controls, with all their loopholes, and underline the need for an effective global Arms Trade Treaty that takes full account of the need to uphold human rights," said Helen Hughes, Amnesty International's principal arms trade researcher on the report.
"Governments that now say they stand in solidarity with people across the Middle East and North Africa are the very same as those who until recently supplied the weapons, bullets and military and police equipment that were used to kill, injure and arbitrarily detain thousands of peaceful protesters in states such as Tunisia and Egypt and are even now being deployed by security forces in Syria and Yemen."
The main arms suppliers to the five countries included in the report were Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the UK and the USA.
At least 11 states have provided military assistance or allowed exports of weaponry, munitions and related equipment to Yemen, where some 200 protesters have lost their lives in 2011. These include Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK and the USA.
Despite the continued brutal crackdown against protesters, the international community has failed to take strong action to stem arms transfers to Yemen.
Obtaining arms data for Syria is difficult as few governments officially report on their arms trade with the Syrian government. But it is known that the biggest arms supplier to Syria is the Russian Federation with reportedly about 10 per cent of all Russian arms exports going there.
Russia does not publish an annual report on its arms exports meaning that its arms transfers to the region cannot be quantified.
India authorized the supply of armoured vehicles to Syria whilst France sold munitions between 2005 and 2009.
Amnesty International has identified 10 states whose governments licensed the supply of weaponry, munitions and related equipment to Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's Libyan regime since 2005, including Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK.
During the conflict, al-Gaddafi forces have committed war crimes and abuses which may amount to crimes against humanity.
Spanish cluster submunitions and MAT-120 cargo mortar projectiles, licensed for sale in 2007, were found in Misratah by Amnesty International, when it was being shelled by al-Gaddafi forces earlier this year. This equipment is now prohibited by the Convention on Cluster Munitions which Spain signed less than a year after supplying the submunitions to Libya.
Much of the heavy weaponry found in Libya by Amnesty International researchers looks to have been manufactured during the Soviet-era – Russian or Soviet-made, especially the Grad rockets which are inherently indiscriminate and have been widely used by both sides during the conflict. Some of the munitions found were also Chinese, Bulgarian and Italian such as the Type 72 anti-tank mines, rocket fuses and 155mm artillery rounds, respectively.
At least 20 states have sold and supplied small arms, ammunition, tear gas and riot control agents, and other equipment to Egypt. The USA has been the biggest - annually providing $1.3 billion. Others include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, and Switzerland.
Shotguns were widely used in both Egypt and Bahrain by the security forces with devastating lethal effect.
Amnesty International recognized that the international community has taken some steps this year to restrict international arms transfers to Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen. But the organization said that existing arms export controls had failed to prevent the transfer of arms in the preceding years.
"Arms embargos are usually a case of 'too little too late' when faced with human rights crises," said Helen Hughes.
"What the world needs is rigorous case by case evaluation of each proposed arms transfer so that if there is a substantial risk that the arms are likely to be used to commit or facilitate serious human rights violations, then the government must show the red stop light."
"This proactive 'Golden Rule' is already in the UN draft paper for the Arms Trade Treaty talks which resume at the United Nations in February. If the major arms exporters fail to adopt the Golden Rule, and recklessly continue a 'business as usual' approach, fuelling human rights crises as we have witnessed across the Middle East and North African region this year, it will needlessly shatter lives and undermine global security."
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المعلم للوفد الإعلامي الروسي: القيادة السورية مصممة على مواصلة إنجاز برنامج الإصلاح والتحضيرات جارية لعقد مؤتمر الحوار الوطني الشامل
al-Mu'allim: Syria Determined to Fulfill Reform Program, Preparations Underway for Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/20/376797.htm
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Oct 20, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) _ Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Mu'allim has underlined that armed terrorist groups seek to destabilize the situation in Syria, and they are funded by similar organizations from neighboring countries.
Meeting a Russian media delegation on Thursday, the Minister clarified that these groups have infiltrated to Syria through the borders and they belong to Al-Qaeda and similar extremist organizations.
al-Mu'allim explained to the Russian delegation, currently visiting Syria, the reality of events taking place in Syria, pointing out that the competent authorities seized big amounts of smuggled weapons, as the law enforcement forces are continuing to fulfill their duty in combating the terrorist groups to protect homeland and citizens.
On the comprehensive reform program announced by President Bashar al-Assad, al-Mu'allim underlined that the Syrian leadership is determined to go ahead in reform process, as the Minister reviewed the steps achieved including lifting the Emergency Law, issuing a package of regulating legislations on forming political parties, holding free parliamentary and local administrative councils elections and on free media.
The Minister pointed out that President al-Assad has set a timetable for executing the reforms within a maximum of six months.
" Preparations are underway for holding a comprehensive national dialogue conference that will embrace all the spectrums of the Syria people and the national opposition," al-Mu'allim said.
He added there is an intention for holding an economic dialogue conference with the participation of the Syrian economic bodies to discuss the Syrian economic situation and means of developing it and overcoming the US and European Union economic sanctions, which negatively affect Syrians.
al-Mu'allim thanked the friendly Russian people and leadership for their stances in support of Syria, and using, along with the friendly country of China, the veto in the UN Security Council to prevent exploiting this Council by Western countries to interfere in Syria's internal affairs.
He added that Syria is working on enhancing and activating its economic relations, trade and investments exchange with the friendly countries such as Russia, China, India, Latin American countries and others.
For their parts, members of the Russian delegation expressed admiration over what Syria enjoys of cultural diversity, amity and loyalty, indicating that the situations are not as they are broadcast by some misleading mass media as all walks of life are normal.
دول أوروبية تطالب العراق بتوضيح موقفها من الأحداث الجارية في سوريا
European countries, Iraq is demanding clarification of its position on the current events in Syria
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Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 19:37:13
France, Germany and Britain requested Iraq on Wednesday to clarify his position on the current events in Syria, expressing "concern" what is going on there.
This came during a meeting held today in Baghdad, the French ambassador in Baghdad, Denis Gauer, and first counselor in the embassy now Bclair with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq to policy planning, however, Abawi and discussed relations between the two countries.
The French ambassador asked, on behalf of the British and German governments, for Iraq's position and role of current events in Syria, expressing concern of these countries what is happening in Syria.
And display "Abawi," Iraq's position about the events in a secret and developments pointing to "his efforts to stop violence and start a dialogue peacefully with shades of the opposition to resolve the crisis and prevent outside interference and to support the aspirations of the Syrian people to democracy and freedom," as quoted by a press statement, an Iraqi official.
The Iraqi official also provided an explanation of the course of the emergency meeting of the Council of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo earlier this week and the resolution adopted unanimously a bid for a dialogue between the government and the opposition Alsorretan.
He stressed that Iraq is moving in the framework of the Arab consensus and by the decisions of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level. They also touched on bilateral relations and aspects of joint cooperation.
The American strategists have suggested recently that Iraq is in line with Iran to a position of Syria, and it sends the necessary assistance to save President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. officials admitted and disappointed hope from Iraq because of its openness and cooperation with Assad, and his refusal to take a firmer stance against the Syrian regime.
And referred to the Syrian-Iraqi relations in a period of prosperity after the 100 Syrian officials and important businessmen visited Iraq in early August.
And resulted in a week-long visit to the development of a new agreement aims to promote bilateral trade, which currently amount to about two billion dollars annually, and will promote the development of Iraq, Syria's largest trading partner.
The Minister of Industry Iraqi Khairallah Babiker from the agreement, pointing out the importance of "enabling the private sector in both countries."
Russia, China concerned over Syria
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/10/20/59069906.html
Oct 20, 2011 18:58 Moscow Time
Russia and China are concerned over Syria, Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told reporters in Beijing on Thursday.
He came to China to discuss strategic security with China's top officials. Both countries strongly object to military intervention in Syria and urged the belligerent parties to hold immediate talks.
Russia and China also back the UN's increasing role in resolving burning conflicts and maintaining peace in volatile regions.
سفير روسيا السابق في سورية: موقف روسيا يتمثل في استبعاد التدخل الخارجي في الشؤون السورية
Former Russian ambassador in Syria: Russia's position is to the exclusion of outside interference in Syrian affairs
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/569541
20.10.2011 18:04
Alexander Zotov, former Russian ambassador in Syria said in an interview with the channel "Russia Today" The position of Russia is the exclusion of outside interference in Syrian affairs.
He convinced the Syrian authorities that any intervention will contribute to expand the dimensions of civil disobedience, and lead to the outbreak of the flames of civil war in the country, which Russia does not want, they wish to normalize the situation in Syria as a friendly country and want to turn current events into a national dialogue within the Syrian society.
Zotov said that Russia proposed to be a place for Moscow by the dialogue between the government and the opposition at the same time, adding that a final decision is due to the parties to the conflict. And "if Moscow were chosen place for the dialogue we would be willing to show possible assistance."
In referring to the role that the Arab League to play in the settlement of Syria, Zotov said it diminished somewhat. He recalled the memory of the Libyan events in which the Arab League performed, in his view, was the cover which enabled the western countries to intervene in the affairs of this country and not limited to protecting the civilian population.
With regard to the resolutions of the UN Security Council, the former ambassador said, "We stand by and wary of this form or that of pressure, especially related to the possibility of interference in the affairs of a country. We have seen the results of this intervention in Serbia, Libya and other countries where brought more harm than benefit."
al-Mu'allim Receives Credentials of Russia's New Ambassador
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/19/376468.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/10/19/376471.htm
Oct 19, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Mu'allim on Wednesday received a copy of credentials of Azamat Kulmukhametov as Russia's new ambassador to Syria.
The meeting between the two sides tackled the distinguished bilateral relations and ways of boosting them in all domains.
الأزمة السورية.. بين آمال الحل وحقائق التفاقم
Syrian crisis .. Solution between the hopes and the realities of exacerbations
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19.10.2011 22:52
Yaroslav Volkov, an expert on the Middle East at the Academy of the Russian military said, in an interview with "Russia Today", that it is early to talk about a decline in the Syrian crisis. Volkov said that there is still an opportunity to get out of the country's predicament.
The following is the text of the interview with Yaroslav Volkov:
Q: The city of Aleppo, a rally in support of the Syrian regime and in support of the reforms announced recently, do you read the change at the level of the Syrian crisis?
A: I would like to point out that Syria has witnessed by demonstrations in support of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The latter of which is held by some countries' attempts to pass a resolution by the UN Security Council condemns one party to the dispute is the ruling regime. Of course, each country circumstances, but I think that most Syrians support one way or another regime of Bashar al-Assad and the ruling al-Baath Party. Came the recent demonstrations of this new evidence. The opposition continuing its its demonstrations, and of course cannot talk about a serious turning point in the evolution of the crisis based on the demonstration in support of the system.
Q: What is the impact of the divides that we are witnessing now in the Syrian army in the balance of power between the Authority and the Syrian opposition?
A: Unlike other Arab armies, the Syrian army still maintains, like security and police forces for loyalty to the ruling regime. The reason for this is the work of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party in the armed forces, in addition to the existence of political bodies in the army run by the political administration of the Syrian armed forces. I think that single cases of fleeing members of the military with the opposition as possible, each person may be motivated to stand its own against the established authority. But I do not expect enrollment of large numbers of soldiers or units with full military opposition in the near future, because that would mean civil war.
Q: There are diplomatic efforts being made by many parties, Russia mediator of the Port in order to launch the dialogue between the opposition and power, do you think that these efforts will succeed in attempts to end the crisis in Syria?
A: What contributes to the solution of the crisis is useful. I would not be talking about that Russia is currently the role of mediator between the opposition and the ruling regime. As for Russia's use of the veto in the UN Security Council to block a resolution condemning the Syrian regime from one side, it shows that Russia has taken a stand in favor of dialogue between the government and the opposition. As Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to resolve the matter back to the people of Syria itself. It is true that Russia is maintaining contacts with power and with some representatives of the opposition alike, but that does not mean that it is mediating between the parties, although having such a role is possible.
وفد من نواب حزب الله يزور روسيا
Delegation of MPs from the Hezbollah to visit Russia
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Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 15:34:54
The President of the mass of "Loyalty to the Resistance" parliamentary Hezbollah's, MP Muhammad Raad, on Wednesday expressed his appreciation for Russia's role in the reconstruction of Lebanon shortly after the devastation of the Israeli war in 2006, and said that Russia's opposition to a draft resolution against Syria in the Security Council put an end to those who seek to dominate the region.
The news channel "Russia Today" about Raad, who heads a delegation of the Mass today began an official visit to Moscow last 3 days at the invitation of the Russian side, his expression during the talks with the Vice President of the Russian Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky, expressed appreciation for Russia's role in the reconstruction of Lebanon shortly after Israel's destruction of its infrastructure in 2006.
Raad said that "Russia's position in the Security Council against the draft to punish Syria for its resistance to Israeli aggression, the development limits for all parties that seek to dominate and influence in the region."
For his part, Zhirinovsky said after meeting with the delegation, said Russia would continue to lend a helping hand to Lebanon as needed, adding to its commitment to the establishment of security in Lebanon, especially the Middle East in general.
The Russian official said that Moscow will continue to support Lebanon, technically, militarily, diplomatically and politically.
The channel quoted Russian sources said the delegation will hold meetings in the Russian Duma and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Department of Muslims of European part of Russia.
مستقبل ساركوزي ونخبنا الضالة
Sarkozy and the future of our elites stray
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10/19/2011
It seems clear that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is no longer interested in the issues that had occupied the past few months and is now busy with his battle in the upcoming presidential elections. And who have visited Paris recently touched the misty parking officials in Paris and their confusion and divisions about the files that were big Paris is the same axis and maker unsullied. The timing of the absence of France and its effectiveness does not satisfy those who bet on her and promises to them.
And is seen by some stakeholders in Paris to be absent or Paris «evasion» of its obligations cannot be explained only illness of President Sarkozy, chronic, genetic, led the fight «power and money first,» and there are indeed other data made Paris fall to the rear lines of the existing international conflict.
The inventory accounts in arrears set by Sarkozy's inner circle revealed the extent of losses suffered by the Paris and the extent of future losses in the event continued this path. The calculations indicated that the battles Sarkozy Alhamshonah them or Machiaveli or mercantile all accounts lost, and that is what those close to him for some «are promised» Syrians not only talk tickles dreams of living on promises, in the next May will not be Sarkozy in the French presidency, whoever was his opponent according to polls French opinion was close most of Sarkozy, while Syria would have made great strides toward stability and reform and development and then strategic role.
And they add that the cost of his battle against Syria, b originality for himself and on behalf of Israel and the United States, is the very large politically and strategically. And made Paris the place to blackmail multifaceted. Germany returned control to the European decision, and to recast Europe, something other than that craves the French. Europe, Turkish bill seemed very high and extends throughout the Ottoman Empire, and France will not be able to pay or accept and have no authority to no one. And it was clear that relations between Paris and «Istanbul» deteriorate and become «Yerevan» controlled by. P Sarkozy wanted to appease Yerevan and send a message to Moscow from there, riding the back of the Armenian blood was wrong address, among other errors committed at once, the letter P and arrived to Istanbul. Q Moscow and Beijing was evident in the road map in the Security Council, and was on Sarkozy to know that the point of disagreement with Moscow and Beijing is Damascus, and as a place of meeting, if he wants and is able to recognize the error, as he often did, but he is unable to be corrected as usual, too.
It seems clear that the country is not enough money to finance the battle of this size and the current risk strategy today in the Middle East, especially when the money began to threaten the interests of themselves and their interests Gulf Saudi Arabia in particular.
Sarkozy has failed to return to Damascus, a gas or in the reproduction of «Benghazi» in Syria. And failed to sow discord between Syria and the forces of opposition, resistance, and failed to persuade the health of the French political and economic choices. Sarkozy enters the battle of keeping the power heavy loads to failure and disappointment.
It does not matter the fate of Sarkozy's political, economic, P before Chirac ended his strategy to lapses, try riding on Sarkozy. But what is important and the fate of the Syrian Arab elite in particular, which are content to become a puppet to the hand is not their scene and they criticize and oppose regimes and chaos of government, and demanding to democracy and human rights better than their scene, listen to the instructions of money and power .? Not deserve better than this place that they put themselves in? Not too late yet, but time walking rapidly, and time of strategic change.
Syria's solution
http://paktribune.com/news/Syrias-solution-244477.html
19 October, 2011
Although Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has formed a committee to draft a new constitution within four months, the move seems to be rejected by the protesters as they are bent upon sending President Assad home. So far, the Syrian president has offered many reform plans to pacify the angry protestors but all his attempts have failed. The protests that erupted on March 15 — initially calling for greater freedoms and later demanding the ouster of the Assad regime — have created a severe law and order situation in Syria. The security forces are facing armed resistance from the protestors across the country. Not only a large number of civilians have lost their lives and hundreds arrested, the armed protestors have also killed a good number of security personnel. Unfortunately, the western media is only propagating the loss of civilian lives in Syria, deliberately ignoring the death toll of security personnel in the ongoing tension in the country. The Syrian authorities have time and again pointed at the US and the western countries' financial support to the protestors, along with arms and ammunition.
Unfortunately, the international media is hiding this fact and promoting anti-Assad regime sentiments among the people across the world. The world must understand the imperialistic designs of the west and the role of the US in Syria. Syria is the only country in the region with leanings towards socialism. It has been a thorn in the eyes of the US and the west as it openly questions Israel's activities in the region. If President Assad's regime topples, the balance of power in the world will be further disturbed. It is encouraging that the UN Security Council has failed to pass a resolution against the Syrian authorities. Russia and China vetoed the anti-Syria resolution drafted by the western countries as they refrained from repeating the mistake that led the Nato forces to launch airstrikes in Libya. The sensible leaders of the world must oppose such attempts by both the west and the US.
For the stability, security and prosperity of the world, especially the third world countries, the creation of bipolarity or even multi-polarity in the world is very important. At present, an opinion is being built around the world against the deadly crackdown of the Syrian authorities on the anti-government protestors. The world, particularly the Arab countries, should put pressure on the US and the west to stop supporting the armed resistance in Syria and let the Syrian government hold talks with dissident leaders for a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
IRAJ SALMAN Lahore
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/19/376545.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/19/376572.htm
كورفيز: سورية تتعرض لمؤامرة تستهدف دورها الإقليمي
Col. Corvez: Plot against Syria Targets its Regional Role
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/19/376436.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/19/376456.htm
Oct 19, 2011
He and strategic expert Colonel Alain Korfez that the conspiracy Syria is exposed to target its regional role and pivotal always said that the enrollment of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the American policy harms the reputation of France, which has long adopted a policy of non-interference in the affairs of other nations.
He asked Korfez in an interview for television Syrian Arab last night for the motives that urged Sarkozy to change his attitude toward Syria, adding that France cannot build its foreign policy, especially with the Arabs without taking the weight of Syria into consideration in this policy, stressing that the interest of France required to have a policy of manifest respect the rights of peoples and non-interference in the internal affairs of States.
Korfez added that Syria has an important natural resources and has a geographical location and cultural heritage and cultural features, which makes it an important country cannot be bypassed in Arab politics and the formation of a transit point towards the solution of many problems.
They also wondered .. Korfez Do you who kill the elements and the forces of the Syrian army, burn and destroy public and private institutions are peaceful and pro-human rights, or killers, adding that Israel facilitated the events taking place in Syria confirms the presence of a foreign plot aimed at Syria, pointing to the need to distinguish between demonstrators who call for reform in Syria and between armed groups that you want to seize power by force 0
The Korfez that President Bashar al-Assad wanted to since taking office a reform in his country and developed according to the requirements of modern times, but the external conditions of very large obstructed the implementation of the reform including the assassination of Rafic Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon, former Israeli war on Lebanon in / 2006 / and thus there were many obstacles in front of the march reform since he came to power and it was always waiting for a period of stability cannot be done in an atmosphere of reform, or problems in this chaotic atmosphere.
He added that President Assad Korfez Although the events for months expressed readiness and will to make reforms in the country for elections will be announced soon, expressing his conviction that the majority of the Syrian people will vote along with his reforms.
The other hand said Korfez there would be no military intervention of NATO against Syria and for various reasons including that it was not in the West and a way to open a new front military campaign against Syria because they are too busy elsewhere and have no possibility to intervene in Syria they are drowning and are involved in Afghanistan, Libya do not know how to get rid of this dilemma.
He Korfez economic sanctions taken by the EC against Syria aimed to develop difficulties in the life of the Syrians and the first to suffer is to the Syrian people, explaining that these sanctions could be a barrier, but will not prevent Syria from continuing in life.
He believed Korfez need to take the French authorities into account more and more that what is happening in Syria is not a democratic revolution, but violent attempt by the extremist forces want to impose their order on Syria and called on France to get away from the events that take place in Syria and the region and not to interfere in the internal affairs of the people.
The Korfez We hope that wisdom back to the French authorities seem they do not have a rational strategy in this large-scale issues and evidence for that is the issue of Libya's disastrous and support of the Commission Mufajie transition represents only itself.
He Korfez he must understand the need not to interfere with France in the conspiracy against Syria should not have to go far in its current but to fall about events and stop its support of the conspiracy armed against Syria, claiming that it supports a revolution for human rights, stressing that the Syrian government is present is the most efficient to apply reform in Syria but must be given sufficient time to implement it.
And Korfez that he had previously opposed the military intervention in Libya because it is in support of the rebellion against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi does not constitute a defense of human rights and civilians in Libya, said that the goal of the war on Libya is the heart of the system and replace it with other representatives and this is a big mistake, therefore, we have nothing but chaos in Libya.
He Korfez hoped to visit Syria soon, because it is a country of ancient culture is the oldest countries in the world inhabited until today and because of the Syrian people loving and wonderful.
المعلم للوفد الهندي: ما تتعرض له سورية حالياً هو نتيجة مواقفها الداعمة للقضايا العربية وفي مقدمتها القضية الفلسطينية
al-Mu'allim: The Countries' Region Will Realize that Destabilizing Syria Not in the Region's Interest
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/19/376557.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/19/376587.htm
Oct 19, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Walid al-Mu'allim on Wednesday said that Syria is looking forward to the best relations with Arab countries, and what it is facing is the result of its stances in support of the Arab issues, particularly the Palestinian Cause.
al-Mu'allim expressed confidence that "Sooner or later the region's countries will realize that the attempt to destabilize Syria's security won't be in the region's interest," during his meeting with the visiting Indian academic and media delegation.
Minister al-Mu'allim thanked the Indian leadership and people for their supportive stance at the UN Security Council which prevented the adoption of western draft resolution that could allow for foreign interference in Syria's internal affairs.
He reiterated Syria's determination to head towards the East to enhance its economic relations with the friendly countries in Asia, South America and Africa, in light of the US and European sanctions against Syria, "which negatively affect the Syrian citizens' life and living and expose the West's false claims of defending human rights."
Hr expressed Syria's firm will to move forward with implementing what was agreed upon during President al-Assad's visit to India and the Indian President's visit to Syria in 2010.
al-Mu'allim expressed confidence in the Syrian people's ability to overcome the crisis and sanctions.
al-Mu'allim presented to the delegation members a comprehensive and detailed review on the situation in Syria, indicating to the presence of armed groups which have been committing terrorist acts against civilians, law enforcement members and state establishments.
He also referred to the smuggling of arms by those groups into Syria through its borders with neighboring countries, noting that the arms shipments which have been seized by the authorities confirm this, the last of which was a car loaded with weapons in Idelb.
"No country in the world would accept that the security of its citizens be jeopardized," he added.
Minister al-Mu'allim indicated to the misleading media campaign launched against Syria, stressing the importance of the Indian delegation's visit in conveying the real image of what is taking palace in Syria.
al-Mu'allim referred to the citizens' legitimate demands which the Syrian government is working hard to fulfill through the comprehensive reform program announced by President Bashar al-Assad, citing the already issued legislative decrees regarding ending the emergency state, the political parties law, the elections law, the local administration law and the media law according to specific timetables.
He underscored the presidential decision recently issued by President al-Assad on forming a committee to draft a constitution for the country within a time period of 4 months.
The Minister stressed that the country is now in the process of holding a comprehensive national dialogue conference with the participation of all spectrums of the Syrian society and the national opposition to draw out a vision for Syria's future.
For their part, the delegation members stressed Syria's important role in the region, adding that what they saw on the ground during their visit to a number of governorates completely contradicts the image conveyed by some media.
The members hailed the state of stability and security they felt in the governorates and the steps taken by the Syrian leadership to achieve reforms, hoping that Syria would come out of the crisis as soon as possible without any foreign interference.
Arms trade to Middle East and North Africa shows failure of export controls
Tear gas and other riot control agents were widely used by security forces against protesters
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/arms-trade-middle-east-and-north-africa-shows-failure-export-controls-2011-1
Amnesty International
Omnia E. Al Desoukie
19 October 2011 Download the report in PDF
The USA, Russia and European countries supplied large quantities of weapons to repressive governments in the Middle East and North Africa before this year's uprisings despite having evidence of a substantial risk that they could be used to commit serious human rights violations, Amnesty International said today in a new report.
Arms Transfers To The Middle East And North Africa: Lessons For An Effective Arms Trade Treaty examines arms transfers to Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen since 2005.
"These findings highlight the stark failure of existing arms export controls, with all their loopholes, and underline the need for an effective global Arms Trade Treaty that takes full account of the need to uphold human rights," said Helen Hughes, Amnesty International's principal arms trade researcher on the report.
"Governments that now say they stand in solidarity with people across the Middle East and North Africa are the very same as those who until recently supplied the weapons, bullets and military and police equipment that were used to kill, injure and arbitrarily detain thousands of peaceful protesters in states such as Tunisia and Egypt and are even now being deployed by security forces in Syria and Yemen."
The main arms suppliers to the five countries included in the report were Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the UK and the USA.
At least 11 states have provided military assistance or allowed exports of weaponry, munitions and related equipment to Yemen, where some 200 protesters have lost their lives in 2011. These include Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK and the USA.
Despite the continued brutal crackdown against protesters, the international community has failed to take strong action to stem arms transfers to Yemen.
Obtaining arms data for Syria is difficult as few governments officially report on their arms trade with the Syrian government. But it is known that the biggest arms supplier to Syria is the Russian Federation with reportedly about 10 per cent of all Russian arms exports going there.
Russia does not publish an annual report on its arms exports meaning that its arms transfers to the region cannot be quantified.
India authorized the supply of armoured vehicles to Syria whilst France sold munitions between 2005 and 2009.
Amnesty International has identified 10 states whose governments licensed the supply of weaponry, munitions and related equipment to Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's Libyan regime since 2005, including Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK.
During the conflict, al-Gaddafi forces have committed war crimes and abuses which may amount to crimes against humanity.
Spanish cluster submunitions and MAT-120 cargo mortar projectiles, licensed for sale in 2007, were found in Misratah by Amnesty International, when it was being shelled by al-Gaddafi forces earlier this year. This equipment is now prohibited by the Convention on Cluster Munitions which Spain signed less than a year after supplying the submunitions to Libya.
Much of the heavy weaponry found in Libya by Amnesty International researchers looks to have been manufactured during the Soviet-era – Russian or Soviet-made, especially the Grad rockets which are inherently indiscriminate and have been widely used by both sides during the conflict. Some of the munitions found were also Chinese, Bulgarian and Italian such as the Type 72 anti-tank mines, rocket fuses and 155mm artillery rounds, respectively.
At least 20 states have sold and supplied small arms, ammunition, tear gas and riot control agents, and other equipment to Egypt. The USA has been the biggest - annually providing $1.3 billion. Others include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, and Switzerland.
Shotguns were widely used in both Egypt and Bahrain by the security forces with devastating lethal effect.
Amnesty International recognized that the international community has taken some steps this year to restrict international arms transfers to Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen. But the organization said that existing arms export controls had failed to prevent the transfer of arms in the preceding years.
"Arms embargos are usually a case of 'too little too late' when faced with human rights crises," said Helen Hughes.
"What the world needs is rigorous case by case evaluation of each proposed arms transfer so that if there is a substantial risk that the arms are likely to be used to commit or facilitate serious human rights violations, then the government must show the red stop light."
"This proactive 'Golden Rule' is already in the UN draft paper for the Arms Trade Treaty talks which resume at the United Nations in February. If the major arms exporters fail to adopt the Golden Rule, and recklessly continue a 'business as usual' approach, fuelling human rights crises as we have witnessed across the Middle East and North African region this year, it will needlessly shatter lives and undermine global security."
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المعلم للوفد الإعلامي الروسي: القيادة السورية مصممة على مواصلة إنجاز برنامج الإصلاح والتحضيرات جارية لعقد مؤتمر الحوار الوطني الشامل
al-Mu'allim: Syria Determined to Fulfill Reform Program, Preparations Underway for Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/10/20/376797.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/20/376830.htm
Oct 20, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) _ Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Mu'allim has underlined that armed terrorist groups seek to destabilize the situation in Syria, and they are funded by similar organizations from neighboring countries.
Meeting a Russian media delegation on Thursday, the Minister clarified that these groups have infiltrated to Syria through the borders and they belong to Al-Qaeda and similar extremist organizations.
al-Mu'allim explained to the Russian delegation, currently visiting Syria, the reality of events taking place in Syria, pointing out that the competent authorities seized big amounts of smuggled weapons, as the law enforcement forces are continuing to fulfill their duty in combating the terrorist groups to protect homeland and citizens.
On the comprehensive reform program announced by President Bashar al-Assad, al-Mu'allim underlined that the Syrian leadership is determined to go ahead in reform process, as the Minister reviewed the steps achieved including lifting the Emergency Law, issuing a package of regulating legislations on forming political parties, holding free parliamentary and local administrative councils elections and on free media.
The Minister pointed out that President al-Assad has set a timetable for executing the reforms within a maximum of six months.
" Preparations are underway for holding a comprehensive national dialogue conference that will embrace all the spectrums of the Syria people and the national opposition," al-Mu'allim said.
He added there is an intention for holding an economic dialogue conference with the participation of the Syrian economic bodies to discuss the Syrian economic situation and means of developing it and overcoming the US and European Union economic sanctions, which negatively affect Syrians.
al-Mu'allim thanked the friendly Russian people and leadership for their stances in support of Syria, and using, along with the friendly country of China, the veto in the UN Security Council to prevent exploiting this Council by Western countries to interfere in Syria's internal affairs.
He added that Syria is working on enhancing and activating its economic relations, trade and investments exchange with the friendly countries such as Russia, China, India, Latin American countries and others.
For their parts, members of the Russian delegation expressed admiration over what Syria enjoys of cultural diversity, amity and loyalty, indicating that the situations are not as they are broadcast by some misleading mass media as all walks of life are normal.
دول أوروبية تطالب العراق بتوضيح موقفها من الأحداث الجارية في سوريا
European countries, Iraq is demanding clarification of its position on the current events in Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=45598b2eafe9e9c20c12bef32fdd5d3f&ar=327651350
Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 19:37:13
France, Germany and Britain requested Iraq on Wednesday to clarify his position on the current events in Syria, expressing "concern" what is going on there.
This came during a meeting held today in Baghdad, the French ambassador in Baghdad, Denis Gauer, and first counselor in the embassy now Bclair with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq to policy planning, however, Abawi and discussed relations between the two countries.
The French ambassador asked, on behalf of the British and German governments, for Iraq's position and role of current events in Syria, expressing concern of these countries what is happening in Syria.
And display "Abawi," Iraq's position about the events in a secret and developments pointing to "his efforts to stop violence and start a dialogue peacefully with shades of the opposition to resolve the crisis and prevent outside interference and to support the aspirations of the Syrian people to democracy and freedom," as quoted by a press statement, an Iraqi official.
The Iraqi official also provided an explanation of the course of the emergency meeting of the Council of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo earlier this week and the resolution adopted unanimously a bid for a dialogue between the government and the opposition Alsorretan.
He stressed that Iraq is moving in the framework of the Arab consensus and by the decisions of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level. They also touched on bilateral relations and aspects of joint cooperation.
The American strategists have suggested recently that Iraq is in line with Iran to a position of Syria, and it sends the necessary assistance to save President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. officials admitted and disappointed hope from Iraq because of its openness and cooperation with Assad, and his refusal to take a firmer stance against the Syrian regime.
And referred to the Syrian-Iraqi relations in a period of prosperity after the 100 Syrian officials and important businessmen visited Iraq in early August.
And resulted in a week-long visit to the development of a new agreement aims to promote bilateral trade, which currently amount to about two billion dollars annually, and will promote the development of Iraq, Syria's largest trading partner.
The Minister of Industry Iraqi Khairallah Babiker from the agreement, pointing out the importance of "enabling the private sector in both countries."
Russia, China concerned over Syria
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/10/20/59069906.html
Oct 20, 2011 18:58 Moscow Time
Russia and China are concerned over Syria, Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told reporters in Beijing on Thursday.
He came to China to discuss strategic security with China's top officials. Both countries strongly object to military intervention in Syria and urged the belligerent parties to hold immediate talks.
Russia and China also back the UN's increasing role in resolving burning conflicts and maintaining peace in volatile regions.
سفير روسيا السابق في سورية: موقف روسيا يتمثل في استبعاد التدخل الخارجي في الشؤون السورية
Former Russian ambassador in Syria: Russia's position is to the exclusion of outside interference in Syrian affairs
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/569541
20.10.2011 18:04
Alexander Zotov, former Russian ambassador in Syria said in an interview with the channel "Russia Today" The position of Russia is the exclusion of outside interference in Syrian affairs.
He convinced the Syrian authorities that any intervention will contribute to expand the dimensions of civil disobedience, and lead to the outbreak of the flames of civil war in the country, which Russia does not want, they wish to normalize the situation in Syria as a friendly country and want to turn current events into a national dialogue within the Syrian society.
Zotov said that Russia proposed to be a place for Moscow by the dialogue between the government and the opposition at the same time, adding that a final decision is due to the parties to the conflict. And "if Moscow were chosen place for the dialogue we would be willing to show possible assistance."
In referring to the role that the Arab League to play in the settlement of Syria, Zotov said it diminished somewhat. He recalled the memory of the Libyan events in which the Arab League performed, in his view, was the cover which enabled the western countries to intervene in the affairs of this country and not limited to protecting the civilian population.
With regard to the resolutions of the UN Security Council, the former ambassador said, "We stand by and wary of this form or that of pressure, especially related to the possibility of interference in the affairs of a country. We have seen the results of this intervention in Serbia, Libya and other countries where brought more harm than benefit."
Oct 20 Local government
إجراءات صارمة لتوزيع المازوت ... إلزام الصهاريج بعدم البيع للمنازل ما بين 8 مساءً حتى 6 صباحاً
Strict procedures for the distribution of fuel oil ... Commit not to sell tanks to homes between 8 pm to 6 o'clock
http://jamahir.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=95844605720111019231131
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Muhammad al-'Anaan
Thursday 20 - 10-2011
Dr. Eng Muwaffaq al-Khallouf Aleppo Governor presided over the meeting of the fuel both from the Directorate of Economy, Trade and Branch fuel commissioned by the Customs and
Officer judicial presence before the port safety border to monitor all diesel-powered vehicles going out of the country and the amount of fuel oil and make sure there are no tanks hidden and off license tanks distribution of homes and address the Department of Transportation to stop the granting of licenses for their own password and allow fill containers of capacity 20 liters at the most and for domestic use only.
He also compel distribution tanks fuel oil for homes adhere to non-distribution from 8 pm to 6 am in the province under the penalty of cancellation of license tank in addition to close all places of the distribution of fuel is the official and the confiscation of their equipment and machinery and the confiscation of tanks that control is in the process of the supply of fuel and all modes of transport in transit and planning Adli and adjust the tanks are not returned to work and oblige all stations fill tanks that provide fuel (diesel petrol ..) to them a quantity of 400 liters each of the regions (Carchemish and was appointed the Arabs and Manbej) and 200 liters of the city of Aleppo and other regions.
He also sent the governor to compel all the owners of stations who have no their pumps the distribution of cars installed pump at least customize the station Chalabi and Bash to buses Pullman investment so that the reservation amount allocated to the bus is filled Pullman are busy with passengers and fitted with a card issued by the Management Centre of departure and the amount of 300 liters only per trip, and to provide industrial diesel fuel directly from the company (and within the minimum specified fuel company) after determining the quantities of the relevant committee in the province and the withdrawal of such quantities of provisions the stations that were Astjeron them.
It included guidance to prevent transfers or doctoring the diesel fuel between petrol stations and under penalty of cancellation of a deal between a fuel and the owner of the tank is found to change the purpose and organization of control Adly not be re-tank to work and the study of the distribution of diesel to stations and not to customize any plant material (diesel diesel) stations alone the countryside.
The face of the governor's internal transport companies limit the number of internal transport, buses operating on the lines and determine the allocation of fuel oil, according to the actual capacity to run daily and speaking of Aleppo Directorate of fuel consumption and intensify daily patrols to continue.
الري: السماح بحفر الآبار في جميع أراضي القنيطرة وفق التشريع المائي
Irrigation: allowing digging of wells in all the land in accordance with the legislation al-Qunaitirah water
http://www.sana.sy/ara/356/2011/10/19/376635.htm
October 19, 2011
al-Qunaitirah - SANA
بهدف تحسين الغطاء النباتي .. تخصيص بادية حماة بـ 214 ألف غرسة رعوية
To improve the vegetation .. Customize visible protectors with 214 thousand seedlings pastoral
http://www.sana.sy/ara/347/2011/10/19/376588.htm
October 19, 2011
Hama, (SANA) -
Branch of the General Assembly devoted to the development of the desert Hama 214 thousand seedlings to be distributed for free grazing on a number of agencies working to improve the vegetation in the desert.
Said Engineer Aaron's speech the Chief of the Authority have been breeding 500 thousand seedlings grazing within the protected section of the types of SEK and harvest salt and Rgl Syrian Rgl American, Californian and standing of which was allocated from this amount 125 thousand seedlings to be delivered to the project of developing the desert, and also 65 thousand seedlings to the Aga Khan Development and the remainder of the amount allocated to the Centre within the Quran in order to cultivate the desert belt.
And the letter that the branch will also planted 390 thousand seedlings to intensify vegetation in the visible protectors and improve quality and reduce the impact of sand dunes and provide good pastures for livestock, pointing out that the branch carried out the collection of seeds of trees and shrubs found in the desert, and cultured in Mchatlh four in the valley of Azib and drawing the red and Abu Fayad, and Abu Alenetl to re-intensify in the belt of the desert.
Strict procedures for the distribution of fuel oil ... Commit not to sell tanks to homes between 8 pm to 6 o'clock
http://jamahir.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=95844605720111019231131
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Muhammad al-'Anaan
Thursday 20 - 10-2011
Dr. Eng Muwaffaq al-Khallouf Aleppo Governor presided over the meeting of the fuel both from the Directorate of Economy, Trade and Branch fuel commissioned by the Customs and
Officer judicial presence before the port safety border to monitor all diesel-powered vehicles going out of the country and the amount of fuel oil and make sure there are no tanks hidden and off license tanks distribution of homes and address the Department of Transportation to stop the granting of licenses for their own password and allow fill containers of capacity 20 liters at the most and for domestic use only.
He also compel distribution tanks fuel oil for homes adhere to non-distribution from 8 pm to 6 am in the province under the penalty of cancellation of license tank in addition to close all places of the distribution of fuel is the official and the confiscation of their equipment and machinery and the confiscation of tanks that control is in the process of the supply of fuel and all modes of transport in transit and planning Adli and adjust the tanks are not returned to work and oblige all stations fill tanks that provide fuel (diesel petrol ..) to them a quantity of 400 liters each of the regions (Carchemish and was appointed the Arabs and Manbej) and 200 liters of the city of Aleppo and other regions.
He also sent the governor to compel all the owners of stations who have no their pumps the distribution of cars installed pump at least customize the station Chalabi and Bash to buses Pullman investment so that the reservation amount allocated to the bus is filled Pullman are busy with passengers and fitted with a card issued by the Management Centre of departure and the amount of 300 liters only per trip, and to provide industrial diesel fuel directly from the company (and within the minimum specified fuel company) after determining the quantities of the relevant committee in the province and the withdrawal of such quantities of provisions the stations that were Astjeron them.
It included guidance to prevent transfers or doctoring the diesel fuel between petrol stations and under penalty of cancellation of a deal between a fuel and the owner of the tank is found to change the purpose and organization of control Adly not be re-tank to work and the study of the distribution of diesel to stations and not to customize any plant material (diesel diesel) stations alone the countryside.
The face of the governor's internal transport companies limit the number of internal transport, buses operating on the lines and determine the allocation of fuel oil, according to the actual capacity to run daily and speaking of Aleppo Directorate of fuel consumption and intensify daily patrols to continue.
الري: السماح بحفر الآبار في جميع أراضي القنيطرة وفق التشريع المائي
Irrigation: allowing digging of wells in all the land in accordance with the legislation al-Qunaitirah water
http://www.sana.sy/ara/356/2011/10/19/376635.htm
October 19, 2011
al-Qunaitirah - SANA
بهدف تحسين الغطاء النباتي .. تخصيص بادية حماة بـ 214 ألف غرسة رعوية
To improve the vegetation .. Customize visible protectors with 214 thousand seedlings pastoral
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October 19, 2011
Hama, (SANA) -
Branch of the General Assembly devoted to the development of the desert Hama 214 thousand seedlings to be distributed for free grazing on a number of agencies working to improve the vegetation in the desert.
Said Engineer Aaron's speech the Chief of the Authority have been breeding 500 thousand seedlings grazing within the protected section of the types of SEK and harvest salt and Rgl Syrian Rgl American, Californian and standing of which was allocated from this amount 125 thousand seedlings to be delivered to the project of developing the desert, and also 65 thousand seedlings to the Aga Khan Development and the remainder of the amount allocated to the Centre within the Quran in order to cultivate the desert belt.
And the letter that the branch will also planted 390 thousand seedlings to intensify vegetation in the visible protectors and improve quality and reduce the impact of sand dunes and provide good pastures for livestock, pointing out that the branch carried out the collection of seeds of trees and shrubs found in the desert, and cultured in Mchatlh four in the valley of Azib and drawing the red and Abu Fayad, and Abu Alenetl to re-intensify in the belt of the desert.
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الحكومة تشجع على دفع الضرائب بالإعفاءات...الجليلاتي: 15 % الزيادة الحقيقية في الإنفاق العام...الموارد النفطية بكامل قيمتها ضمن الإيرادات
The government is encouraging the payment of tax exemptions ... al-Julailati: 15% real increase in public spending ... the full value of the oil resources within the revenue
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10/19/2011
Government acknowledged in its yesterday a bill to exempt tax payers income of the real profits and addenda belonging to the years 2010 and before, as well as holders of taxes and financial charges and other direct and addenda belonging to the year 2011 and by the taxpayers of tourism enterprises and taxpayers tax sales of real estate all interest, penalties and fines of different kinds if paid the tax or fee revenue of any of the years mentioned until the last day of the year 2011.
For his part, Chairman of the Council, Dr. Adel Safar, during the meeting the need to control spending and control of waste and rationalizing consumption and asked the Minister scrutiny allocation mechanism Mahroqatha cars and in their ministries and its affiliates in accordance with rules and decisions governing.
At a news conference after the meeting said the Minister of Finance Dr. Mohammad al-Julailati: The ministry is every few years and to encourage responsible for income taxes on the payment of tax receivables by issuing a draft decree exemption from interest and penalties owed to them in previous years, pointing out that the draft decree also includes all direct taxes, including the charge for consumer spending and sales tax, real estate and about 15 other tax.
The minister pointed out that the taxpayer gains tax can be a real progress statement on the outcome of last year, and other direct taxes levied and get in the same year.
For income taxes made by the charge on the results of its work in the past year said al-Julailati to charge ahead and pay the tax under the data and after a period of time comes Monitor income and examine these data and verify the tax to be paid and then the consequences of this charge interest and penalties for the period between the date submission of the statement and the date of verification.
He stressed that all those who have been charged with the costs of finality did not pay them after all the years up to 12/31/2010 with the possibility to pay taxes until 31/12/2011 without interest and penalties.
The minister pointed al-Julailati that the types of direct taxes affected by the project in addition to tax real profits, the fixed income tax, payroll tax and wage tax revenue property tax livestock and sales real estate and draw consumer spending and transfer fees on legacies, bequests, and fees to go out and charge the vacuum and move the auto tariff and fee expatriate and fees protect the environment.
In response to another question about the draft state budget for 2012 confirmed al-Julailati that in the past, the government follows a method specified in the treatment of the state budget is to the following: provide social support to all citizens and economic sectors of industry, agriculture, transport and heating in the areas of electricity and oil derivatives, and also the deficit cooking in Article flour, sugar, rice subjects.
He pointed out that the forms of different support for these materials reach 386 billion pounds to be borne by the state budget and the amount of the appropriation that was shown previously in the state budget 25 billion only when the State pays 386 billion, and they are covered by this difference in two ways:
With regard to support cooking up to 75 billion was issued a special decree every few years to erase this deficit in the domestic indebtedness of the state, The second form of the deficit in electricity and oil derivatives, which may reach to the limits of 310 billion it does not appear directly in the budget, but are reduced from resources oil show in the sense of oil resources as resources to cut them after this decifit resulting from oil derivatives, and then, we decrease the 300 billion of resources and costs the same amount and it will not affect the fact of support or resources, we will not be so may we tell the full value of the oil resources that we them, and so may well be we tell the citizens how the State is of social support.
It is the principle of transparency - said al-Julailati - this year is for the first time to show the full value of the oil resources as resources within the revenue in addition to show the full social support within the expenditure which led to spending of $ 1326 billion Syrian pounds and is revenue.
He added that the actual increase in the budget in 2012 is around 15% for the year 2011, and the source of the minister that at the beginning of 2011 we have increased the salaries and the budget year that cost the same around 85 billion and cost up to 113 billion at the level of the whole year.
al-Julailati revealed the existence of some increase in benefits costs of education, health, all but about 4%, and said: If you do not spend a real increase than in previous years only the item of salaries and that really added to the budget in 2011. And that the increase of 58% is a metaphor for the two parts of 43% resulting from the correct tab going forward and the public resulting from the 15% real increase in public spending and this is normal in every budget in order to provide the necessary services to citizens.
For investment spending was 380 billion in 2011 and became 375 billion in 2012 and say that in past years was fund social assistance and the Agricultural Support Fund was rated within the investment expenditure, and in fact these funds are considered an expense under way and is not an investment, and the event is re-graded and the the 25 billion was transferred from the tab is not normal, which was classified within the context of investment expenditure and the impetus to current expenditures.
If there is an increase in investment spending around 20 billion pounds during 2012 than was the case in 2011.
The minister said: The draft budget is subject to adjustment in the Higher Planning Council, or cabinet, revealing that there is a seminar close will be presented in the Ministry of Finance after the adoption of the budget in the executive branch include an explanation of the components of the budget in full and detailed presentation including a thorough listen to all suggestions from the audience and experts and the possibility of implemented to show this budget in a transparent and complete a detailed budget, stressing the need to show the pros and cons of the entire budget, «If we seek a desired reform». Other hand, the Cabinet approved the strategy of the Ministry of Health and orientations of its basic efforts to improve the performance of hospitals and improve the quality of medical and health services and develop the system of aid and policy pharmaceuticals, rehabilitation and development of human resources and plan ministries at the level of this system, health legislation and projects to create and invest hospitals, new health centers and polyclinics in the next phase 2011-2015. In turn, the Minister of Health Dr. Wael al-Halaqi during a press conference that will be opened 32 hospitals and 24 clinics nationally and comprehensive health centers and 123 years during the five-year plan, 5 of which 11 hospitals in rural Damascus, Hama and Tartous before the end of this year.
اعتمادات الموازنــة .. مبالغة بالأرقام أم دقـة بالإفصاح ؟!.. جليلاتي: إعادة التبويب وإظهـــار الأرقام الحقيقية
Budget allocations .. Exaggeration in numbers or the accuracy of disclosure?! .. Jalilati: reclassification and show the real numbers
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Wednesday 19/10/2011
In the past, Syria has been pursuing for decades method in the presentation of the general budget of the state where it was provided under the so-called social support for citizens and economic sectors
Of agriculture, transport and heating including oil products and electricity in addition to the deficit in the subject of cooking flour, sugar and rice.
Where Dr. Mohamed al-Julailati the Minister of Finance that the support of all of these materials up to 386 billion Syrian pounds and asked, borne from?!! Responding to the general budget borne by the state as the amount of credit that was previously shown in the budget was about 25 billion Syrian pounds, while the state paid 386 billion al-Julailati and wondered how he covers the difference, saying: It was covered with American idioms of the following:
With regard to support the cooking up to around 75 billion every few years was issued a special decree dignifying these deficits in the internal debt of the State.
As for the inability of the electricity and oil derivatives, which amounts to 310 billion Syrian pounds did not appear directly in the budget, but it is reduced from the oil resources and thus show the oil resources after it is cut deficits resulting from oil derivatives, and therefore we have a budget shortage of resources, 300 billion and expenditures 300 billion.
He denied al-Julailati that it affects the reality of the fact that support or resources at the same time pointing out that in this case we have not we tell the full value of the oil resources that we get.
And wondered at the same time: Do we have we tell how much of the citizen of the State bears to the general social support of citizens both in the field of supply deficits or any way of oil derivatives and electricity ..
al-Julailati: the principle of transparency has been this year for the first time to show the full value of the oil resources as resources within the revenue as well as a show of support within the social expenditure which led to the emergence of spending to 1326 billion.
The actual increase in the budget in 2012 for the budget in 2011 Vqderha al-Julailati up to 15 percent lecturer source to the salary increase, which approved the start of 2011, which cost the budget 85 billion, but if calculated on the full year The amount of up to 113 billion, and if we add 113 billion to 835 billion value of the 2011 budget increase should be about 15%.
He al-Julailati that there are some expenses has increased allocations to education and health, but it does not exceed 4 percent.
al-Julailati said: There is no real increase in spending than in previous years only the item referring to the salary increase in the budget in 2012 and of 58% is two parts:
43 percent resulting from the correct tab, the state budget and 15 percent results from the increase in real public spending and considered al-Julailati: This is normal in order to secure the necessary services to the citizen.
As for investment spending confirmed al-Julailati it rose in the budget in 2012 to 375 billion, noting that in past years was fund social assistance and the Agricultural Support Fund is classified within the investment expenditure and asked al-Julailati: Do you fund social aid and agricultural support are the expense of investment ..?! The same respondents, but the expense of progress.
Hence the re-classification, noting that the general budget for 2012 showed the 375 billion and we took the 25 billion tab is natural that were classified within the context of investment expenditure and the impetus to current expenditures.
If we compare with the budget in 2011, taking into account the application of the same foundations will be investment spending is 375 billion plus 25 billion, then there is an increase in investment spending around 20 billion higher than the budget in 2011, and confirmed al-Julailati that the current government followed the style of disclosure transparent in the budget from of the principle if there is no transparent disclosure will not get to the desired reform.
المصرف المركزي يحدد أسعار صرف العملات للاستيراد
Central Bank sets the exchange rate for imports
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Wednesday - October 19 - 2011 - 14:28:28
Select the Central Bank of Syria, the U.S. dollar in Syrian pounds to the last three months of this year with regard to import deals to Syria at $ 48.63 Syrian pounds for sale and 48.15 Syrian pounds to buy.
And according to the newspaper "Al-Watan," came the price within the Price Bulletin for quarterly expenditure "every three months" of foreign currency in Syrian pounds, and applicable to the sale price to calculate the equivalent in Syrian pounds to the value of imported goods to Syria, and editor of its documents, receipts and documents of Finance in foreign currencies.
And is based on the bulletin also to meet the customs duties on these imports pursuant to the President of the Council of Ministers No. 5788 dated 12.20.2006.
According to the book, the bulletin issued by the Central Bank of Syria works up to 12.31.2011.
الصناعة واتحاد العمال: تطوير القطاع العام الصناعي ليبقى مساهما رئيسيا في عملية التنمية
Industry and union: the development of the industrial public sector to remain a major contributor in the development process
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October 19, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Focus to meet with the Minister of Industry Adnan Slakhu yesterday evening with the President and members of the Executive Office of the General Federation of Trade Unions and the heads of professional associations on the discussion of the reality of the national industry in general and the industrial public sector in particular and the challenges they are facing and ways to find effective solutions for the development and rehabilitation of this sector remains the main contributor in the process of of development.
Addressed the interventions of members of the Executive Office of the problems faced by industrial companies in various sectors and the necessity of selecting departments efficient and provide powers to enable them to operate freely and the mentality of economic and work on the development of production lines and to provide cadres trained in the areas of marketing, administrative and remove bottlenecks and modernize machinery and post Union workers in the discussions of some of the laws of interest to workers or the future of the industrial sector.
Also called the interventions of the heads of professional associations to enact appropriate legislation for the development of the industrial sector, especially the public sector and reduce red tape and take advantage of studies performed in the development of some industries and provide a work environment suitable for the production and innovation and the introduction of new industries and provide support for industrial establishments to ensure their competitiveness and reduce energy prices and increase and accelerate the pace of production.
The Slakhu that the workers are partners in the industrial facilities, and any solutions or insights on the table for the advancement of national industry and rehabilitation of the industrial public sector must be involved by the Ministry of Industry as an employer and in order to ensure the proper implementation and achieve the results reflected on the prevention and strength of this sector and increase its contribution to the the national economy.
The Minister of Industry to the existence of many of the ideas and visions that previously posed for the development of the industrial sector, especially in his year, but that what prevented the application correctly is the lack of readiness of the industrial sector for the transition from planned economy to a market
and not the creation of this sector is well to respond to the variables of the global economy as he is not dealing well with the Tenth Five Year Plan increased the suffering of the national industry in general and in particular public sector reflecting on his performance and his contribution to the gross domestic product in return for increasing the contribution of the private sector and growth is unclear.
And drew Slakhu to see the Ministry of Industry aimed at finding a strong industrial sector and able to compete in domestic and foreign markets and rehabilitation of public sector companies by increasing the competitive industrial public sector and the restructuring of the Ministry of Industry and support small and medium industries and the development of institutions supporting the industry and public sector companies and industrial development balanced geographically.
He said the achievement of these goals requires a fundamental tools of supporting institutions as the Centre's technical fabric which helps to develop companies the textile sector in the public and private sectors and development center food industries and others that are working to accomplish to secure expertise and rehabilitation of the cadres of administrative, technical and marketing companies in order to develop its business and results and to ensure the increasing competitiveness of its products in domestic markets and foreign addition to working on the follow-up work in the national program of quality, who works on the rehabilitation of infrastructure quality in Syria and the rehabilitation of laboratories and the provision of institutions adopting the specifications of the goods produced by Syrian factories to ensure the marketing and increase its competitor in the domestic and foreign markets .
And pointed to the importance of making use of resources and raw materials available to companies, institutions and private available in the sectors of sugar, textile and increase the value added in these sectors so as to ensure more job opportunities and more profits and called the Union of the workers to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry to strengthen the role of the productive sector in the process of comprehensive development.
For his part, President of the General Federation of Trade Unions Mohammad Shaaban Azzouz importance of this meeting to discuss the reality of work and workers in industrial sectors and the most important demands that unions help increase production and the development and modernization of the industrial public sector, which constitutes a fundamental pillar of the national economy.
He Azzouz the need to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the departments of the public sector and trade union organization to reach decisions that would help to overcome the difficulties facing the process of work and workers, pointing out that what was of laws and decisions for the advancement of the public sector was responsive to the demands of trade union organization is keen on finding solutions for companies stalled and converted to productive and profitable companies.
اللجنة الاقتصادية تعتمد أسس الترخيص لإقامة مناطق حرة خاصة
Economic Commission adopt the licensing basis for the establishment of private free zones
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Approved by the Economic Commission headed by the Minister Muhammad Nidal only Shaar on the adoption of principles and standards to allow the license for the establishment of private free zones.
And according to the newspaper, the "al-Thawrah", has issued the General Organization of Free Zones Circular No. 117 to put the decision of the Economic Commission in place so as to comply with item 5 of Article 51 of the investment system, so as to adopt the principle of the BOT or any other principle agreed to the implementation of free zones or Projects according to the duration of that win the right offer in accordance with the conditions documents that are already defined by the institution, on land owned by the institution or which have been allocated the institution by the Ministry of Agriculture to be announced partnership between the Foundation and funding from the private sector such as the establishment and investment and the participation of in management and profits to be entered into a contract with the successful bidder, and so the ownership of the project and the right investment at the end of the contract to the institution.
The Committee approved the issuance of the decree the creation of free zones in case the project of establishing a free zone on the territory owned by the state, after the contract with the successful bidder and before him is direct, and comply with item 6 of Article 51 and Articles 96-70 of the investment system, so as to adopt the principle of contract and contracted with in accordance with the provisions of the investment so that the ownership of the project at the end of the contract to seek work, to settle quarrel with the development of buildings maintained in accordance with applicable laws and regulations have in the event of non-renewal of the contract.
The approval for the establishment of free zones on with the consent of the Council of Ministers and due to the desire of the institution in the promotion of industrial investment and service with his wealth of features from the operation of labor and economic integration with the domestic investment is determined to invest in special free zones and free zones to be established on the principle of the BOT or any other principle in accordance with the standards.
And included these standards to be the proportion of industrial investment up to 70% of the total area in the places of occupancy private, but for the investment of the service to be up to 20% of the total area in the places of occupancy private, and that the rate of business investment up to 10% of the total area in Special places of occupancy, with the exception of projects that are licensed to practice professional or service activities.
منعاً لاحتكار الدخان الأجنبي في الأسواق ..الاقتصاد تطلب من الصناعة الالتزام بالأسعار
To prevent the monopoly of foreign tobacco markets in the economy .. ask prices of the industry commitment
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Asked the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Ministry of Industry commitment to sales and distribution of smoke and a commitment to foreign prices specified, in order to adjust the stability of the distribution in the market and ensure fair distribution of the form required under the conditions of legal right that guarantees the safety of the national product distribution compared to the foreign importer.
According to the newspaper, the "al-Thawrah", indicated the Ministry of Economy in its request that the Audit and Investigation in the local markets show that the smoke is sold at prices in excess of the price due to the institution of tobacco, and also found that the department sales organization based on a decision issued by the Director General includes the loading amount of smoke the foreign rate National Ensnarement of smoke.
And the text of the resolution that if the bill from 5 tons to 15 tons of smoke and a national can Astjer smoke a foreign value of 25% of the invoice, and if the invoice from 15 tons to 25 tons of smoke and a national Astjer 30% of the invoice, and if more than 25 tons smoke and a national Astjer 40% smoke a foreigner.
And saw the ministry of economy, this decision makes the local market in need of large quantities of smoke foreign exchange surplus of smoke, national, and allows for one dealer agreement with the staff of the institution to Astjerar article under the bill of a large enables him to acquire the largest proportion of smoke-foreign, constitutes a monopoly in the domestic market , where the merchant sale of the substance at a price that imposed, and the process of selling a book from the Foundation specifying the quantities and keep the book, and do not take the merchant copy of it or the purchase invoice, creating a suspicion that employees have access to large amounts of smoke, foreign and sell them to their advantage as not to give the bills to vendors a private trader selling prices irregular.
مصادر في وزارة الصناعة تنفي نية الحكومة إلغاء الرسوم الجمركية على مدخلات الصناعة
Sources in the Ministry of Industry and denies the government's intention to abolish customs duties on industrial input
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Sources informed that the government is resorting to the abolition of customs duties to be zero on the imported inputs for the industry to provide alternatives to mass cash missing from the proceeds of fees from other sources, in terms of the irreversibility of the treasury income.
According to newspaper "al-Thawrah" sources pointed out that the exceptional circumstances experienced by the national industry requires a review of expenses and fees placed on raw materials, even if it means the abolition of all duties on these materials, and reduction of customs duties paid on importers to demonstrate the value of Mistordathm real, which would benefit the economy and the Treasury together.
The committee comprised of representatives from the Ministry of Finance and the Federation of Chambers of Industry and the Directorate of Investment and the Ministry of Industry and the Directorate General of Customs recently formed task is to study the customs duties on raw materials used in industry, and reduced to being one of the main demands of importers and manufacturers.
The finance minister said, "Muhammad al-Julailati" in a press statement: "The customs duties must be to reconcile the interests of industry and consumer interests, taking into account the support of local industry and strengthened, which leads to run a large number of employment and thus secure job opportunities for young people, note that the financial study customs duties on raw materials for up to a minimum and not to raise tariffs on raw materials and compensation through the review of customs duties on luxury goods to secure resources for the general budget of the state and cover the expenditure and the provision of services to citizens. "
The President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, "Ghassan Castles" on the need to adopt a classification by the customs offices, as is the case in neighboring countries, so classified as raw materials to four or five ranks of customs exempted the first category of fees by 100%, while recording the second category fee does not exceed the rate of 5-4%, while the third category will be drawn by 7%, and so on down to the luxury goods and luxury that comes last in the top and has a special duty by pointing out the importance of each commodity or manufactured product locally kind of tariff protection are acceptable.
Describes the industrialists decision to cancel customs duties on raw materials - if adopted - major step for small and medium enterprises, given that most of the raw materials are manufactured in large factories is the first episode of production, while attached to the value of work in small and medium-sized opportunity for reducing the costs of the domestic product and run more labor, especially that modify the graphic to take advantage of semi-manufactured materials and focus on quality, which is reflected on the price the best and the highest quality and the beneficiary in the end, the workshops and the final consumer.
The customs duties on some raw materials are recorded 1% but in practice this proportion is 7-8% added to the municipal, provincial and local administrative councils, schools, and which constitute a burden on industry inputs and is found in the neighboring countries more than that enter in the manufacture of each product local to 40 percent of the national source of raw materials are exempt from customs duties when exported to the final form of the Convention states that apply the Greater Arab Free Trade.
مجلس الشعب يناقش الموعد المحدد لإجراء انتخابات المجالس المحلية ويلتمس من رئيس الجمهورية النظر في تأجيل موعدها لترسيخ الإصلاحات النافذة وانتظار مقررات مؤتمر الحوار الوطني الشامل
Parliament discusses the fixed date for the elections of local councils and seek from the president to consider a postponement of implementing reforms and wait for the decisions of the Conference the comprehensive national dialogue
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October 20, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Council discussed the people in its seventh regular session of the third session of the legislative role of the ninth, which was held today, chaired by Dr. Mahmoud Al Abrash President of the Council scheduled to conduct local council elections scheduled on 12.12.2011 in accordance with Decree 391 date 10.05.2011.
The People's Assembly sought, by a majority of its members after extensive deliberations, and in two sessions of the President of the Republic, the postponement of the election date to a later date in order to consolidate the reforms and wait for the decisions of the Conference of the comprehensive national dialogue for democratic elections in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. The Board approved the draft law amending some provisions of Legislative Decree No. 24 of 2007, establishing the Police Hospital in Harasta and became law.
The aim of the law as its rationale to avoid some obstacles that have emerged during the practical application of the decree mentioned in terms of providing resources for the hospital to be derived from activities of the allowances, treatment and services and other for the lack of flexibility in the text allowing for amendment of tariffs set under which the hospital is giving way to compete with public and private hospitals and related some of the labels that police did not compatible with the nature of the work between the branches of the hospital and the people and the need to be a Deputy Minister as Chairman of the hospital in addition to the legislative decree did not include a provision addressing the benefits of civil servants in the police for free, especially civilian workers in the same hospital.
The Board also approved a draft law on the extension of time granted to each of the banks, real estate and savings and credit the popular and industry from three years to four years in order to increase its capital from $ 5.1 billion Syrian pounds to 10 billion pounds, according to the provisions of Law No. 25 of 2009 and became law.
And indicate the reasons for the law it is necessary to increase the deadline for public banks, as the capital increase nominal at these banks are in accordance with the Act through the cut 25 percent of net profit or according to the capabilities available and because you cannot pay the full amount of the increase of capital nominal unpaid to date amounted to 972.3 billion Syrian pounds.
Board also approved a draft law to extend the deadline for private banks from three to four years in order to adjust their positions to increase its capital to the required minimum of not less than 10 billion pounds, according to the provisions of Law No. 3 of 2010 and became law.
According to the rationale of the law that it is necessary to give more time for private banks licensed to adjust their positions and to increase its capital, due to low liquidity in the market to direct about 50 billion Syrian pounds to increase banks' capital and the reluctance of shareholders Syrians for IPO shares, the increase to the lack of liquidity, which leads turn to a foreign partner to share subscription and shareholders lost billions on the Syrians.
The Council referred the draft law amending some provisions of the Civil Status Law promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 26 of 2007 to the Committee on Interior and Local Government to study the subject after the approval of the Committee on Constitutional and legislative consideration constitutionally permissible.
Also referred the Council members' questions written to the references relevant by the Council of Ministers and on the possibility of a competition for the appointment of graduates of Antiquities and Museums in the Directorate General of Antiquities, or cultural centers or the Ministry of Education and the reduction of fees and taxes on hotels and tourism projects, factories, shops, professional, and follow-up administrative units to reduce the building violations and allow students successful in GCSE examinations in 2010 in the governorate of Hama, who have to return in 2011 was unable to get to their positions Alamthanih result of the conditions that the country witnessed its return in 2012.
It also included members' questions, written the possibility of tougher sanctions against perpetrators of theft of cable communication network and the procedures that have been on the law of agrarian reform in terms of compensation and the amendment or cancellation and rehabilitation through rings in the northern city of Damascus, and to preserve the safety of citizens and the possibility of providing aid to the municipality director in Damascus countryside to complete the work Altazvi and slave of the neighborhood Karam El-Deeb before winter.
The Major General Muhammad Shaar, Interior Minister, gave a presentation on the current security situation in Syria and the efforts of all concerned to prevent attempts by weak people from tampering with homeland security and stability, adding that Syria has started to recover from armed terrorist groups who kill, sabotage and intimidation of the peaceful population, stressing that the forces of internal security cooperation and coordination with all other parties concerned to work day and night to maintain security and stability and restore life to normal in all regions.
The minister Shaar said that acts committed by armed terrorist groups backed by foreign powers want evil to Syria under the pretext of achieving the demands of the right has not been the reform of onion and a far cry from the ethics and values of the Syrian people, explaining that these acts constituted an obstacle to traffic as quickly as required in the implementation of comprehensive reform, led by President Bashar al-Assad.
The Minister of the Interior that Syria continues to reform and restore security and stability, and graduated from the crisis stronger than ever thanks to the awareness of its people and its commitment to national unity and the rallying around the leadership of President al-Assad.
Shaar added that plot on Syria comes as a response to their positions in support of the resistance and Arab rights and the rejection of the dictates of the Bank, which is trying to undermine its independent national and positions of the national principle.
The minister pointed out the slogan to campaign inflammatory by the satellite bankrupt through the falsification of the facts about what is happening on the ground, linked with agendas and foreign plots aimed at undermining Syria and stability, adding that the media is the Syrian national with all its express and accurately the reality of events and the Ministry of the Interior providing him with any information and data on the real events in all honesty and transparency.
The hearing was adjourned to six o'clock on the evening of Sunday the 30 of this month.
Session was attended by Eng. Ghiath Jratla Minister of State for Parliament Affairs.
الحكومة تقر مشروع قانون الموازنة العامة للدولة للسنة المالية 2012 باعتمادات بلغت 550ر1326 مليار ليرة
Cabinet Approves Bill on General State Budget for 2012 (Revenue decreased by 34% while expenditure increased by 15%)
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Oct 20, 2011
The government approves the bill the state budget for fiscal year 2012 appropriations amounted to 1,326.550 bil Pounds
October 20, .2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Council of Ministers approved in its meeting held today, chaired by Dr. Adel Safar, President of the Council a bill the state budget for fiscal year 2012 and the financial statement of the government around.
Amounted to budget allocations 1,326.550 bil Syrian pounds compared to 835 billion pounds in the budget of 2011 allocated of which 951.550 billion of appropriations under way and 375 billion of funds investment compared to 455 billion pounds of funds under way and 380 billion pounds of funds investment in the budget year 2011.
Show the current appropriations in the budget for the first time the size of social support, estimated at 386 billion pounds burden the state budget due to logistical support and the support of oil derivatives, and the energy and increase salaries, wages and periodic promotions and some other administrative expenses.
With the exception of differences caused by the amount of social support, the actual increase of the budget in 2012 is estimated up to 6.15 percent for the budget year 2011.
Dr Mohammed al-Julailati Finance Minister in a statement to reporters after the hearing that the increase in the budget amounted to 58 percent from the previous year's budget, pointing out that this increase is due mainly to the new approach in the budget classification, which amounted to a percentage of the total increase about 43 percent.
al-Julailati that the real increase in the budget is estimated at 15 percent resulting primarily from increased mass of salaries and wages that were added during the last year and amounted to 85 billion for 8 months as of 12 months about 100 billion pounds in addition to increased allocations for education, health and other departments the state.
al-Julailati The minister pointed out that the budget of 2012 showed a surplus of economic profit and public sector companies in addition to social support provided to citizens in the areas of renewable energy and oil derivatives, and logistical support, affirming that the preparation of the budget for 2012 was based on the principle of transparency and disclosure.
And al-Julailati said that current revenues for the year 2012 estimated budget of 267 billion pounds while it was in the budget year 2011 about 404 billion pounds, explaining that this decline is due to the low profits of companies and enterprises of an economic, low taxes and fees resulting from it.
The minister pointed al-Julailati that the investment income in the budget next year amounted to 500.566 billion pounds at full value and includes surpluses economic sector including the oil while it was in the budget of 2011, approximately 194 billion lire less than their real value due to the devaluation of the inability of oil derivatives, and social support of them.
He said .. The government has spent in the field of social support during the current year about 300 billion pounds in the areas of price stability and social support provided to the citizens after they had been allocated in the general budget of 25 billion pounds, pointing out that spending on social support in all its forms through the budget will be about 386 billion pounds in 2012.
The Minister of Finance that the mass of wages and salaries amounted to in the budget year 2012 about 209 billion pounds while she was in the budget year 2011 some 155 billion, explaining the need to find the necessary resources to cover any increase in salaries and wages to prevent high inflation rates and the prices of goods and services that will reflect negatively on the income is limited.
And on investment spending in the budget of 2012, explained the Minister of Finance that it amounted to 375 billion pounds in all institutions and ministries of state, ie, an increase of 14 percent for investment spending in the budget year 2011, amounted to 380 billion pounds, indicating that the difference in the numbers and increase the percentage due to the reclassification in the budget the next.
The finance minister said that the budget figures are estimated planned for implementation linked to cut the accounts after the end of the year, pointing to work to increase the resources and the rationalization of spending by combating waste and the application of control over all aspects of spending and ensure disbursement of funds to projects and economic feasibility of and the accuracy of their implementation as well as controls new income tax collection and access to a unified income tax for natural persons and companies and get rid of the accumulation of tax which is due to some charge for the year 2003 and the application of the principle of accountability.
The minister pointed al-Julailati to seek the ministry to simplify tax procedures and restore confidence among the financial community and the taxpayers and reducing corruption.
Syrian banks eye business in Russian ruble
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MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Syrian banks have been considering operations in the Russian currency if the European Union (EU) further restricts use of the euro by Damascus, head of the Syrian Central Bank said Thursday.
"We can use Russian ruble. In the nearest future, Russian ruble will be included into a daily bulletin of the foreign exchange rates," Adib Mayaleh told the Russian Today TV channel.
The Syrian Central Bank would also include the rate of Chinese RMB in the bulletin, he added.
Mayaleh said Syria has been ready to open accounts in major Russian banks to serve the Syrian private and state clients.
According to the official, sanctions imposed by the EU have limited the maneuvering options for the Syrian economic participants.
الاقتصاد تشكل لجنة للإشراف على المخزون الاستراتيجي للمواد التموينية في المحافظات
Economy Minister forms a committee to oversee the strategic reserve of materials supply in the provinces
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 12:13:46
Issued by Dr. "Muhammad Nidal Shaar," The Minister of Economy and Trade, of a decision under which the formation of a special committee in each province under the direct supervision on the presence of the strategic reserve required to supply materials such as sugar, rice, tea, vegetable oil, and paper, the idle and iron brominated and iron industry, wheat flour, bags, burlap, tires, fuel and gas preservation, distribution and efficiency.
According to the newspaper and the "al-Thawrah", Committee members include the Director of Economy and Commerce Chairman of the Committee and the membership of the managers of branches of Al grain and consumer goods, Amran, and foreign trade, fuel, gas and Head of Operations and Readiness Division, a member of scheduled maintenance.
The decision to allow the Commission deems appropriate including the help of the people of experience, that the Committee shall report periodically, monthly for the content of the Commission's work to the concerned authorities.
الاقتصاد : إقرار آلية دعم المازوت مطلع الأسبوع القادم
Economy: Adoption of the support mechanism diesel early next week
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Declared, "Imad al-Aseel" Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce Chairman of the Committee charged with drafting the mechanisms to support adoption of a mechanism that fuels support for fuel will be the beginning of next week, through a mechanism to accommodate and include under its umbrella a large proportion of citizens, within certain conditions will be announced soon.
According to newspaper "al-Baath", he noted the "al-Aseel" to the Declaration of the adoption of the mechanism was based on the third meeting of the Committee, held at the ministry yesterday, which was decided also to submit a draft study of the Commission prepared on the request Astjerar and consumption of support fuel oil to the ministries of the State concerned for observations , in preparation for submission to the Economic Committee in the Prime Minister for final approval.
And pointed out that the Committee had met and studied and proposed several alternatives presented by members of the Committee of the sectors of agriculture, transport, industry and finance have been taking a large part of them, to coincide with the launch of the Council of Ministers smart card project, which will be adopted in substance support mechanism assessments, in accordance with schedules compatible with the purposes of use of these card, and coordination between the Ministries of Communications and Technology and the Interior to follow the procedures necessary to start this in 2012, and in stages, and responsive to the needs of citizens first and foremost.
It is expected that the support mechanism proposed mainly on the family book and the number of members of his family, and through certain conditions to be developed will include sound and ensure that a large segment of those who will benefit from the features of the proposed support, which may exceed this 80%.
وزير العدل : نعمل على تطوير قوانين أصول المحاكمات المدنية
Justice Minister: We are working to develop the laws of Civil Procedure (legal reform)
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Minister of Justice said the judge "Tayseer Qalaa Awad," The ministry is serious about building courts and palaces of justice in some areas of the provinces where they were buying the land necessary, pointing out that the ministry is working to develop rules of Civil Procedure, and in particular things, reporting and Criminal Procedure and the law of the judiciary.
According to the agency, "SANA", he explained, "Qalaa Awad," that the cause of delay in deciding on lawsuits due to the shortage of judges and the steady increase in numbers of cases, which the ministry is working on avoided by announcing competitions for the appointment of new judges, noting that up to 1.68 mil cases was adjudicated last year out of 2.15 million lawsuit.
The "Awad" The ministry is keen to the selection of judges on their integrity and competence and within the conditions set by the Supreme Council of Magistracy, and it is necessary to the survival of the newly appointed judge outside his province for some time.
He noted "Qalaa Awad," The Cabinet is currently considering reducing the fee litigation that may rise to about 70 percent, and the automation of judicial work project is being worked out within a specific timeframe, indicating that the induction of prosecutors general in police stations experiment has failed in many countries Arab, where the ministry is currently studying the creation of alternative mechanisms for that.
(الإعدام) لمن دفن نفايات نووية في سورية...مشروع قانون البيئة الجديد: مجلس أعلى.. وضابطة لمثيري الضجيج والروائح
(Penalty) for those who bury nuclear waste in Syria ... the new draft law on the environment: a higher council .. And officer of the instigators of the noise and odors
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The Ministry of the Environment Environment New bill to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which in turn transmitted it to the site «participatory Syria» to attract the views of citizens before the adoption.
Law and is looking forward to establish basic rules for safety and protect the environment from pollution and achieve sustainable environmental development and identify the tasks entrusted to the ministry alone or in cooperation with the competent authorities to follow up the implementation of its provisions and the provisions of laws and regulations relating to environmental matters in order to achieve the desired goals.
The bill provides for the creation of a Supreme Council for the Protection of the environment headed by the Prime Minister, the membership of the 13 ministers and heads of federations of trade unions, peasants, craftsmen, and heads of chambers of industry and tourism, in addition to heads of planning and international cooperation, investment and captain of Agricultural Engineers and the Assistant to the Minister of State for Environmental Affairs.
The Supreme Council approved the policy for the protection of the environment and the national strategy with plans and programs of their own, and to adopt regulations and conditions relating to the environment and make decisions to prevent or arrest or the imposition of restrictions on the operation of any facility, exclusion, and laboratory accreditation and approval of contingency plans.
The bill to make a fund «to support and protect the environment» to deposit in which all donations and grants and funds provided by the organizations and bodies and international funds, Arab, and in accordance with the provisions of the laws in force in addition to what is allocated to him in the state budget funds to support and protect the environment.
The bill provides that the designation «inspectors environmentalists» allow them to enter areas designated by the Ministry in coordination with the competent authorities, with the exception of the housing inhabited by entering the required permission from the Attorney General.
The environmental inspector shall be entitled to close proposal to place the offender who was warned, and implement a closure by the Public Prosecutor, the Minister shall be the specific instructions of the violations that require immediate closure of the works and after its adoption by the Council.
In the chapter «responsibilities and sanctions» stipulates the draft law for the punishment of «all those who contributed or helped in crossing the nuclear waste or radioactive or hazardous to the Syrian Arab Republic temporary arrest at least five years and a fine of ten million Syrian pounds to twenty million pounds. Under the penal servitude if you enter this waste with a view to dumping or landfill or dumped or burned or stored in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic or its territorial waters, and the death penalty if a star for this entry is the death of a human being, and is adjusted such offenses in cooperation with the competent authorities ».
It also provides separate penalties for the punishment of a fine of 400 thousand Syrian pounds to the two million the owner of the same industrial activity or economic development or tourism or service or is responsible for management, if the activity causing the environmental pollution, causes damage to Annie or future human health and safety , or if you get rid of the Syrian Arab Republic from any type of solid waste (industrial - Dangerous - Medical) or liquid or gaseous resulting from activity contrary to the provisions of this decree, standards and specifications, conditions, and other ecosystems, or use the materials listed in the non-specific uses and the permitted and deserve punishment, whether it is to get rid of this waste discharges or dumping or the dumping or incineration, or any other way, and in case of repetition, the punishment shall be imprisonment of three months at least, in addition to double the fine specified in this item and the removal of this violation during the trial period extenuating death ».
In addition to the closure, punishable by a fine of four hundred thousand Syrian pounds to two million Syrian pounds each begin work after issuance of this decree in the facility, agricultural, industrial or service subject to the EIA without a study to evaluate the environmental impact and adoption of the Environment Directorate of the relationship.
The perpetrator of any of the violations of other environmental, including noise or pollution of the air smells unpleasant or harmful issued the necessary instruments selected, a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds to five hundred thousand pounds, the penalty shall be doubled in case of repetition for the second time, and in case of repetition for the third time and thereafter, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of at least two months in addition to a fine double.
The draft law, not turning the penalties provided in this Decree to apply the most punishment of any other legislative text.
In the event proved that the owner closed off to practice during the period in which the work assigned to remove the violation, punishable by a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds for each day of practice in which the work during that period.
The inspectors environmentalists, are punishable by turn a blind eye, including the work of facility subject to its supervision, and cause harm to the environment or who have not achieved them of the procedures and specifications related to the assessment of the environmental impact of facilities subject to the supervision or ignored, a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds to five hundred thousand pounds in addition to accountability disciplinary after the verdict.
As long bill, workers in the state who are engaged in licensing any of the projects or activities that are subject to EIA without the adoption of a study evaluating the environmental impact, and liable to a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds to five hundred thousand in addition to accountability behavioral After the verdict, and, if rigging a working in the state of any of the documents or records, leading to the result of damage to the environment, its perpetrator shall be punished according to the Penal Code as well as behavioral accountability after the verdict.
الصحة تطلب الاقتصاد ضبط مستحضرات طبية مخالفة في الأسواق
Health requests the economy adjust the pharmaceuticals market in violation of
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The Ministry of Health of the Ministry of Economy and Trade to help control medical products are sold in local markets in violation, noting that most of these materials imported from China and Thailand without registration in the Ministry of Health.
And according to the newspaper, "al-Thawrah" and directed the Ministry of Economy and Trade Directorates of economy and trade in all the provinces need to work and coordination with the Directorates of Health to prevent the sale of pharmaceutical forum, especially the preparation Kellypearl cream and lotion Archepearl cream, which are settled and developed and recorded in accordance with due process in the Ministry of Health.
بعد أن أُغرق السوق المحلي بلحومها المستوردة .. وزارة الزراعة تسمح بتربية الجواميس في سورية
After that flooded the local market with imported meat .. Ministry of Agriculture to allow buffalo breeding in Syria
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 10:09:40
Issued by the Minister of Agriculture Riad Hijab of a decision to grant residence permits farms buffalo in accordance with the provisions of the resolution / 62 / T of 2003 governing the licensing of farms and complexes breeding dairy cattle and fattening calves and accessories, at the time met with the meat of buffalo frozen imported from India are in great demand in the local market.
And take into account the minimum number of the herd, which the applicant wishes to his upbringing on the farm with a view to breeding buffalo number of 10 head of beef or buffalo with a view to a number of 10 head and may be a combination of buffalo breeding and fattening, commensurate with the limits for the license mentioned above.
The decree also provided that the distance thatched required per head buffalo dairy 5 m 2 and buffalo fattening 3 m 2 and 10 m 2 per head of the theater and should be available in the theater sprays water at a rate candidate and one for every 2 head of buffalo or bath water at 5 m 2 per head.
And is considered a branch of animal production, as the fifth largest in the Arab world in terms of the census and importance after the "sheep" and "goats" and "cows" and "camel."
And the Syrian market began - almost a year ago - the import of frozen buffalo meat imported from India, due to low prices compared to Awassi meat.
And go for the largest amount of imported buffalo meat to restaurants at various levels, and some work to sell on the basis of it, "Lamb!".
Range and prices of frozen buffalo meat, which he found the best alternative to the Syrian Awassi meat is expensive, between 180 SP and 300 SP, according to the part that cut into the meat of it (Thigh - shoulder ..).
اختيار موقع العقيبة بحلب للاحتفال بالسنة الدولية للغابات
Choice of al-'Uqabah district in Aleppo to celebrate the International Year of Forests
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October 20, .2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) selected al-'Uqabah district for environmental tourism site in the city of Aleppo to celebrate the International Year of Forests on Saturday.
The celebration of the activities of the project management of forest fires in addition to many lectures that highlight the importance of this site tourism, environmentally and show the economic importance of the forest and its role in achieving social and economic development, tourism, environmental and calls for the need for attention and care of forests and maintenance of fire with the participation of local communities and stakeholders.
The Park is located on al-'Uqabah, which is located about 30 km from the city of Aleppo in the stability of the first range where the rate of rainfall of 373 and 463 Mlamitra were planted within the site plan in Forestry 1987 and 1988 an area of 2175 hectares.
The number of saplings, where about 800 thousand seedlings were planted 50 hectares in the Forest Plan in 1991, the number of seedlings of 23 000 and thus the total forested area 822 000 2225 the number of seedlings distributed between the implant and Albroca fruiting pine and cypress-Halabi, and broad leaves.
The Agriculture Ministry said that the region is a reservoir of plant genetic resources as it includes many species and varieties, breeds and styles of environmental adapted over the centuries under the environmental conditions that started at the mountain cover vegetation is variable, pointing out that the importance of this cover is reflected creating a climate and environment of a mini-reservation soil erosion and provide material membership in addition to it is the refuge and sanctuary for many wild animals and a source of food and medicine for humans.
The ministry announced this garden in 2009 in order to identify plant species and the spread of forest and biodiversity conservation in the region and conducting studies and practice activities
For eco-tourism and allow the re-pointedness and natural seedling growth and encourage forest species and create jobs for local people and their active participation in its creation and implementation.
The government is encouraging the payment of tax exemptions ... al-Julailati: 15% real increase in public spending ... the full value of the oil resources within the revenue
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Government acknowledged in its yesterday a bill to exempt tax payers income of the real profits and addenda belonging to the years 2010 and before, as well as holders of taxes and financial charges and other direct and addenda belonging to the year 2011 and by the taxpayers of tourism enterprises and taxpayers tax sales of real estate all interest, penalties and fines of different kinds if paid the tax or fee revenue of any of the years mentioned until the last day of the year 2011.
For his part, Chairman of the Council, Dr. Adel Safar, during the meeting the need to control spending and control of waste and rationalizing consumption and asked the Minister scrutiny allocation mechanism Mahroqatha cars and in their ministries and its affiliates in accordance with rules and decisions governing.
At a news conference after the meeting said the Minister of Finance Dr. Mohammad al-Julailati: The ministry is every few years and to encourage responsible for income taxes on the payment of tax receivables by issuing a draft decree exemption from interest and penalties owed to them in previous years, pointing out that the draft decree also includes all direct taxes, including the charge for consumer spending and sales tax, real estate and about 15 other tax.
The minister pointed out that the taxpayer gains tax can be a real progress statement on the outcome of last year, and other direct taxes levied and get in the same year.
For income taxes made by the charge on the results of its work in the past year said al-Julailati to charge ahead and pay the tax under the data and after a period of time comes Monitor income and examine these data and verify the tax to be paid and then the consequences of this charge interest and penalties for the period between the date submission of the statement and the date of verification.
He stressed that all those who have been charged with the costs of finality did not pay them after all the years up to 12/31/2010 with the possibility to pay taxes until 31/12/2011 without interest and penalties.
The minister pointed al-Julailati that the types of direct taxes affected by the project in addition to tax real profits, the fixed income tax, payroll tax and wage tax revenue property tax livestock and sales real estate and draw consumer spending and transfer fees on legacies, bequests, and fees to go out and charge the vacuum and move the auto tariff and fee expatriate and fees protect the environment.
In response to another question about the draft state budget for 2012 confirmed al-Julailati that in the past, the government follows a method specified in the treatment of the state budget is to the following: provide social support to all citizens and economic sectors of industry, agriculture, transport and heating in the areas of electricity and oil derivatives, and also the deficit cooking in Article flour, sugar, rice subjects.
He pointed out that the forms of different support for these materials reach 386 billion pounds to be borne by the state budget and the amount of the appropriation that was shown previously in the state budget 25 billion only when the State pays 386 billion, and they are covered by this difference in two ways:
With regard to support cooking up to 75 billion was issued a special decree every few years to erase this deficit in the domestic indebtedness of the state, The second form of the deficit in electricity and oil derivatives, which may reach to the limits of 310 billion it does not appear directly in the budget, but are reduced from resources oil show in the sense of oil resources as resources to cut them after this decifit resulting from oil derivatives, and then, we decrease the 300 billion of resources and costs the same amount and it will not affect the fact of support or resources, we will not be so may we tell the full value of the oil resources that we them, and so may well be we tell the citizens how the State is of social support.
It is the principle of transparency - said al-Julailati - this year is for the first time to show the full value of the oil resources as resources within the revenue in addition to show the full social support within the expenditure which led to spending of $ 1326 billion Syrian pounds and is revenue.
He added that the actual increase in the budget in 2012 is around 15% for the year 2011, and the source of the minister that at the beginning of 2011 we have increased the salaries and the budget year that cost the same around 85 billion and cost up to 113 billion at the level of the whole year.
al-Julailati revealed the existence of some increase in benefits costs of education, health, all but about 4%, and said: If you do not spend a real increase than in previous years only the item of salaries and that really added to the budget in 2011. And that the increase of 58% is a metaphor for the two parts of 43% resulting from the correct tab going forward and the public resulting from the 15% real increase in public spending and this is normal in every budget in order to provide the necessary services to citizens.
For investment spending was 380 billion in 2011 and became 375 billion in 2012 and say that in past years was fund social assistance and the Agricultural Support Fund was rated within the investment expenditure, and in fact these funds are considered an expense under way and is not an investment, and the event is re-graded and the the 25 billion was transferred from the tab is not normal, which was classified within the context of investment expenditure and the impetus to current expenditures.
If there is an increase in investment spending around 20 billion pounds during 2012 than was the case in 2011.
The minister said: The draft budget is subject to adjustment in the Higher Planning Council, or cabinet, revealing that there is a seminar close will be presented in the Ministry of Finance after the adoption of the budget in the executive branch include an explanation of the components of the budget in full and detailed presentation including a thorough listen to all suggestions from the audience and experts and the possibility of implemented to show this budget in a transparent and complete a detailed budget, stressing the need to show the pros and cons of the entire budget, «If we seek a desired reform». Other hand, the Cabinet approved the strategy of the Ministry of Health and orientations of its basic efforts to improve the performance of hospitals and improve the quality of medical and health services and develop the system of aid and policy pharmaceuticals, rehabilitation and development of human resources and plan ministries at the level of this system, health legislation and projects to create and invest hospitals, new health centers and polyclinics in the next phase 2011-2015. In turn, the Minister of Health Dr. Wael al-Halaqi during a press conference that will be opened 32 hospitals and 24 clinics nationally and comprehensive health centers and 123 years during the five-year plan, 5 of which 11 hospitals in rural Damascus, Hama and Tartous before the end of this year.
اعتمادات الموازنــة .. مبالغة بالأرقام أم دقـة بالإفصاح ؟!.. جليلاتي: إعادة التبويب وإظهـــار الأرقام الحقيقية
Budget allocations .. Exaggeration in numbers or the accuracy of disclosure?! .. Jalilati: reclassification and show the real numbers
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In the past, Syria has been pursuing for decades method in the presentation of the general budget of the state where it was provided under the so-called social support for citizens and economic sectors
Of agriculture, transport and heating including oil products and electricity in addition to the deficit in the subject of cooking flour, sugar and rice.
Where Dr. Mohamed al-Julailati the Minister of Finance that the support of all of these materials up to 386 billion Syrian pounds and asked, borne from?!! Responding to the general budget borne by the state as the amount of credit that was previously shown in the budget was about 25 billion Syrian pounds, while the state paid 386 billion al-Julailati and wondered how he covers the difference, saying: It was covered with American idioms of the following:
With regard to support the cooking up to around 75 billion every few years was issued a special decree dignifying these deficits in the internal debt of the State.
As for the inability of the electricity and oil derivatives, which amounts to 310 billion Syrian pounds did not appear directly in the budget, but it is reduced from the oil resources and thus show the oil resources after it is cut deficits resulting from oil derivatives, and therefore we have a budget shortage of resources, 300 billion and expenditures 300 billion.
He denied al-Julailati that it affects the reality of the fact that support or resources at the same time pointing out that in this case we have not we tell the full value of the oil resources that we get.
And wondered at the same time: Do we have we tell how much of the citizen of the State bears to the general social support of citizens both in the field of supply deficits or any way of oil derivatives and electricity ..
al-Julailati: the principle of transparency has been this year for the first time to show the full value of the oil resources as resources within the revenue as well as a show of support within the social expenditure which led to the emergence of spending to 1326 billion.
The actual increase in the budget in 2012 for the budget in 2011 Vqderha al-Julailati up to 15 percent lecturer source to the salary increase, which approved the start of 2011, which cost the budget 85 billion, but if calculated on the full year The amount of up to 113 billion, and if we add 113 billion to 835 billion value of the 2011 budget increase should be about 15%.
He al-Julailati that there are some expenses has increased allocations to education and health, but it does not exceed 4 percent.
al-Julailati said: There is no real increase in spending than in previous years only the item referring to the salary increase in the budget in 2012 and of 58% is two parts:
43 percent resulting from the correct tab, the state budget and 15 percent results from the increase in real public spending and considered al-Julailati: This is normal in order to secure the necessary services to the citizen.
As for investment spending confirmed al-Julailati it rose in the budget in 2012 to 375 billion, noting that in past years was fund social assistance and the Agricultural Support Fund is classified within the investment expenditure and asked al-Julailati: Do you fund social aid and agricultural support are the expense of investment ..?! The same respondents, but the expense of progress.
Hence the re-classification, noting that the general budget for 2012 showed the 375 billion and we took the 25 billion tab is natural that were classified within the context of investment expenditure and the impetus to current expenditures.
If we compare with the budget in 2011, taking into account the application of the same foundations will be investment spending is 375 billion plus 25 billion, then there is an increase in investment spending around 20 billion higher than the budget in 2011, and confirmed al-Julailati that the current government followed the style of disclosure transparent in the budget from of the principle if there is no transparent disclosure will not get to the desired reform.
المصرف المركزي يحدد أسعار صرف العملات للاستيراد
Central Bank sets the exchange rate for imports
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Select the Central Bank of Syria, the U.S. dollar in Syrian pounds to the last three months of this year with regard to import deals to Syria at $ 48.63 Syrian pounds for sale and 48.15 Syrian pounds to buy.
And according to the newspaper "Al-Watan," came the price within the Price Bulletin for quarterly expenditure "every three months" of foreign currency in Syrian pounds, and applicable to the sale price to calculate the equivalent in Syrian pounds to the value of imported goods to Syria, and editor of its documents, receipts and documents of Finance in foreign currencies.
And is based on the bulletin also to meet the customs duties on these imports pursuant to the President of the Council of Ministers No. 5788 dated 12.20.2006.
According to the book, the bulletin issued by the Central Bank of Syria works up to 12.31.2011.
الصناعة واتحاد العمال: تطوير القطاع العام الصناعي ليبقى مساهما رئيسيا في عملية التنمية
Industry and union: the development of the industrial public sector to remain a major contributor in the development process
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October 19, 2011
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Focus to meet with the Minister of Industry Adnan Slakhu yesterday evening with the President and members of the Executive Office of the General Federation of Trade Unions and the heads of professional associations on the discussion of the reality of the national industry in general and the industrial public sector in particular and the challenges they are facing and ways to find effective solutions for the development and rehabilitation of this sector remains the main contributor in the process of of development.
Addressed the interventions of members of the Executive Office of the problems faced by industrial companies in various sectors and the necessity of selecting departments efficient and provide powers to enable them to operate freely and the mentality of economic and work on the development of production lines and to provide cadres trained in the areas of marketing, administrative and remove bottlenecks and modernize machinery and post Union workers in the discussions of some of the laws of interest to workers or the future of the industrial sector.
Also called the interventions of the heads of professional associations to enact appropriate legislation for the development of the industrial sector, especially the public sector and reduce red tape and take advantage of studies performed in the development of some industries and provide a work environment suitable for the production and innovation and the introduction of new industries and provide support for industrial establishments to ensure their competitiveness and reduce energy prices and increase and accelerate the pace of production.
The Slakhu that the workers are partners in the industrial facilities, and any solutions or insights on the table for the advancement of national industry and rehabilitation of the industrial public sector must be involved by the Ministry of Industry as an employer and in order to ensure the proper implementation and achieve the results reflected on the prevention and strength of this sector and increase its contribution to the the national economy.
The Minister of Industry to the existence of many of the ideas and visions that previously posed for the development of the industrial sector, especially in his year, but that what prevented the application correctly is the lack of readiness of the industrial sector for the transition from planned economy to a market
and not the creation of this sector is well to respond to the variables of the global economy as he is not dealing well with the Tenth Five Year Plan increased the suffering of the national industry in general and in particular public sector reflecting on his performance and his contribution to the gross domestic product in return for increasing the contribution of the private sector and growth is unclear.
And drew Slakhu to see the Ministry of Industry aimed at finding a strong industrial sector and able to compete in domestic and foreign markets and rehabilitation of public sector companies by increasing the competitive industrial public sector and the restructuring of the Ministry of Industry and support small and medium industries and the development of institutions supporting the industry and public sector companies and industrial development balanced geographically.
He said the achievement of these goals requires a fundamental tools of supporting institutions as the Centre's technical fabric which helps to develop companies the textile sector in the public and private sectors and development center food industries and others that are working to accomplish to secure expertise and rehabilitation of the cadres of administrative, technical and marketing companies in order to develop its business and results and to ensure the increasing competitiveness of its products in domestic markets and foreign addition to working on the follow-up work in the national program of quality, who works on the rehabilitation of infrastructure quality in Syria and the rehabilitation of laboratories and the provision of institutions adopting the specifications of the goods produced by Syrian factories to ensure the marketing and increase its competitor in the domestic and foreign markets .
And pointed to the importance of making use of resources and raw materials available to companies, institutions and private available in the sectors of sugar, textile and increase the value added in these sectors so as to ensure more job opportunities and more profits and called the Union of the workers to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry to strengthen the role of the productive sector in the process of comprehensive development.
For his part, President of the General Federation of Trade Unions Mohammad Shaaban Azzouz importance of this meeting to discuss the reality of work and workers in industrial sectors and the most important demands that unions help increase production and the development and modernization of the industrial public sector, which constitutes a fundamental pillar of the national economy.
He Azzouz the need to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the departments of the public sector and trade union organization to reach decisions that would help to overcome the difficulties facing the process of work and workers, pointing out that what was of laws and decisions for the advancement of the public sector was responsive to the demands of trade union organization is keen on finding solutions for companies stalled and converted to productive and profitable companies.
اللجنة الاقتصادية تعتمد أسس الترخيص لإقامة مناطق حرة خاصة
Economic Commission adopt the licensing basis for the establishment of private free zones
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Approved by the Economic Commission headed by the Minister Muhammad Nidal only Shaar on the adoption of principles and standards to allow the license for the establishment of private free zones.
And according to the newspaper, the "al-Thawrah", has issued the General Organization of Free Zones Circular No. 117 to put the decision of the Economic Commission in place so as to comply with item 5 of Article 51 of the investment system, so as to adopt the principle of the BOT or any other principle agreed to the implementation of free zones or Projects according to the duration of that win the right offer in accordance with the conditions documents that are already defined by the institution, on land owned by the institution or which have been allocated the institution by the Ministry of Agriculture to be announced partnership between the Foundation and funding from the private sector such as the establishment and investment and the participation of in management and profits to be entered into a contract with the successful bidder, and so the ownership of the project and the right investment at the end of the contract to the institution.
The Committee approved the issuance of the decree the creation of free zones in case the project of establishing a free zone on the territory owned by the state, after the contract with the successful bidder and before him is direct, and comply with item 6 of Article 51 and Articles 96-70 of the investment system, so as to adopt the principle of contract and contracted with in accordance with the provisions of the investment so that the ownership of the project at the end of the contract to seek work, to settle quarrel with the development of buildings maintained in accordance with applicable laws and regulations have in the event of non-renewal of the contract.
The approval for the establishment of free zones on with the consent of the Council of Ministers and due to the desire of the institution in the promotion of industrial investment and service with his wealth of features from the operation of labor and economic integration with the domestic investment is determined to invest in special free zones and free zones to be established on the principle of the BOT or any other principle in accordance with the standards.
And included these standards to be the proportion of industrial investment up to 70% of the total area in the places of occupancy private, but for the investment of the service to be up to 20% of the total area in the places of occupancy private, and that the rate of business investment up to 10% of the total area in Special places of occupancy, with the exception of projects that are licensed to practice professional or service activities.
منعاً لاحتكار الدخان الأجنبي في الأسواق ..الاقتصاد تطلب من الصناعة الالتزام بالأسعار
To prevent the monopoly of foreign tobacco markets in the economy .. ask prices of the industry commitment
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Asked the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Ministry of Industry commitment to sales and distribution of smoke and a commitment to foreign prices specified, in order to adjust the stability of the distribution in the market and ensure fair distribution of the form required under the conditions of legal right that guarantees the safety of the national product distribution compared to the foreign importer.
According to the newspaper, the "al-Thawrah", indicated the Ministry of Economy in its request that the Audit and Investigation in the local markets show that the smoke is sold at prices in excess of the price due to the institution of tobacco, and also found that the department sales organization based on a decision issued by the Director General includes the loading amount of smoke the foreign rate National Ensnarement of smoke.
And the text of the resolution that if the bill from 5 tons to 15 tons of smoke and a national can Astjer smoke a foreign value of 25% of the invoice, and if the invoice from 15 tons to 25 tons of smoke and a national Astjer 30% of the invoice, and if more than 25 tons smoke and a national Astjer 40% smoke a foreigner.
And saw the ministry of economy, this decision makes the local market in need of large quantities of smoke foreign exchange surplus of smoke, national, and allows for one dealer agreement with the staff of the institution to Astjerar article under the bill of a large enables him to acquire the largest proportion of smoke-foreign, constitutes a monopoly in the domestic market , where the merchant sale of the substance at a price that imposed, and the process of selling a book from the Foundation specifying the quantities and keep the book, and do not take the merchant copy of it or the purchase invoice, creating a suspicion that employees have access to large amounts of smoke, foreign and sell them to their advantage as not to give the bills to vendors a private trader selling prices irregular.
مصادر في وزارة الصناعة تنفي نية الحكومة إلغاء الرسوم الجمركية على مدخلات الصناعة
Sources in the Ministry of Industry and denies the government's intention to abolish customs duties on industrial input
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Sources informed that the government is resorting to the abolition of customs duties to be zero on the imported inputs for the industry to provide alternatives to mass cash missing from the proceeds of fees from other sources, in terms of the irreversibility of the treasury income.
According to newspaper "al-Thawrah" sources pointed out that the exceptional circumstances experienced by the national industry requires a review of expenses and fees placed on raw materials, even if it means the abolition of all duties on these materials, and reduction of customs duties paid on importers to demonstrate the value of Mistordathm real, which would benefit the economy and the Treasury together.
The committee comprised of representatives from the Ministry of Finance and the Federation of Chambers of Industry and the Directorate of Investment and the Ministry of Industry and the Directorate General of Customs recently formed task is to study the customs duties on raw materials used in industry, and reduced to being one of the main demands of importers and manufacturers.
The finance minister said, "Muhammad al-Julailati" in a press statement: "The customs duties must be to reconcile the interests of industry and consumer interests, taking into account the support of local industry and strengthened, which leads to run a large number of employment and thus secure job opportunities for young people, note that the financial study customs duties on raw materials for up to a minimum and not to raise tariffs on raw materials and compensation through the review of customs duties on luxury goods to secure resources for the general budget of the state and cover the expenditure and the provision of services to citizens. "
The President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, "Ghassan Castles" on the need to adopt a classification by the customs offices, as is the case in neighboring countries, so classified as raw materials to four or five ranks of customs exempted the first category of fees by 100%, while recording the second category fee does not exceed the rate of 5-4%, while the third category will be drawn by 7%, and so on down to the luxury goods and luxury that comes last in the top and has a special duty by pointing out the importance of each commodity or manufactured product locally kind of tariff protection are acceptable.
Describes the industrialists decision to cancel customs duties on raw materials - if adopted - major step for small and medium enterprises, given that most of the raw materials are manufactured in large factories is the first episode of production, while attached to the value of work in small and medium-sized opportunity for reducing the costs of the domestic product and run more labor, especially that modify the graphic to take advantage of semi-manufactured materials and focus on quality, which is reflected on the price the best and the highest quality and the beneficiary in the end, the workshops and the final consumer.
The customs duties on some raw materials are recorded 1% but in practice this proportion is 7-8% added to the municipal, provincial and local administrative councils, schools, and which constitute a burden on industry inputs and is found in the neighboring countries more than that enter in the manufacture of each product local to 40 percent of the national source of raw materials are exempt from customs duties when exported to the final form of the Convention states that apply the Greater Arab Free Trade.
مجلس الشعب يناقش الموعد المحدد لإجراء انتخابات المجالس المحلية ويلتمس من رئيس الجمهورية النظر في تأجيل موعدها لترسيخ الإصلاحات النافذة وانتظار مقررات مؤتمر الحوار الوطني الشامل
Parliament discusses the fixed date for the elections of local councils and seek from the president to consider a postponement of implementing reforms and wait for the decisions of the Conference the comprehensive national dialogue
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October 20, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Council discussed the people in its seventh regular session of the third session of the legislative role of the ninth, which was held today, chaired by Dr. Mahmoud Al Abrash President of the Council scheduled to conduct local council elections scheduled on 12.12.2011 in accordance with Decree 391 date 10.05.2011.
The People's Assembly sought, by a majority of its members after extensive deliberations, and in two sessions of the President of the Republic, the postponement of the election date to a later date in order to consolidate the reforms and wait for the decisions of the Conference of the comprehensive national dialogue for democratic elections in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. The Board approved the draft law amending some provisions of Legislative Decree No. 24 of 2007, establishing the Police Hospital in Harasta and became law.
The aim of the law as its rationale to avoid some obstacles that have emerged during the practical application of the decree mentioned in terms of providing resources for the hospital to be derived from activities of the allowances, treatment and services and other for the lack of flexibility in the text allowing for amendment of tariffs set under which the hospital is giving way to compete with public and private hospitals and related some of the labels that police did not compatible with the nature of the work between the branches of the hospital and the people and the need to be a Deputy Minister as Chairman of the hospital in addition to the legislative decree did not include a provision addressing the benefits of civil servants in the police for free, especially civilian workers in the same hospital.
The Board also approved a draft law on the extension of time granted to each of the banks, real estate and savings and credit the popular and industry from three years to four years in order to increase its capital from $ 5.1 billion Syrian pounds to 10 billion pounds, according to the provisions of Law No. 25 of 2009 and became law.
And indicate the reasons for the law it is necessary to increase the deadline for public banks, as the capital increase nominal at these banks are in accordance with the Act through the cut 25 percent of net profit or according to the capabilities available and because you cannot pay the full amount of the increase of capital nominal unpaid to date amounted to 972.3 billion Syrian pounds.
Board also approved a draft law to extend the deadline for private banks from three to four years in order to adjust their positions to increase its capital to the required minimum of not less than 10 billion pounds, according to the provisions of Law No. 3 of 2010 and became law.
According to the rationale of the law that it is necessary to give more time for private banks licensed to adjust their positions and to increase its capital, due to low liquidity in the market to direct about 50 billion Syrian pounds to increase banks' capital and the reluctance of shareholders Syrians for IPO shares, the increase to the lack of liquidity, which leads turn to a foreign partner to share subscription and shareholders lost billions on the Syrians.
The Council referred the draft law amending some provisions of the Civil Status Law promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 26 of 2007 to the Committee on Interior and Local Government to study the subject after the approval of the Committee on Constitutional and legislative consideration constitutionally permissible.
Also referred the Council members' questions written to the references relevant by the Council of Ministers and on the possibility of a competition for the appointment of graduates of Antiquities and Museums in the Directorate General of Antiquities, or cultural centers or the Ministry of Education and the reduction of fees and taxes on hotels and tourism projects, factories, shops, professional, and follow-up administrative units to reduce the building violations and allow students successful in GCSE examinations in 2010 in the governorate of Hama, who have to return in 2011 was unable to get to their positions Alamthanih result of the conditions that the country witnessed its return in 2012.
It also included members' questions, written the possibility of tougher sanctions against perpetrators of theft of cable communication network and the procedures that have been on the law of agrarian reform in terms of compensation and the amendment or cancellation and rehabilitation through rings in the northern city of Damascus, and to preserve the safety of citizens and the possibility of providing aid to the municipality director in Damascus countryside to complete the work Altazvi and slave of the neighborhood Karam El-Deeb before winter.
The Major General Muhammad Shaar, Interior Minister, gave a presentation on the current security situation in Syria and the efforts of all concerned to prevent attempts by weak people from tampering with homeland security and stability, adding that Syria has started to recover from armed terrorist groups who kill, sabotage and intimidation of the peaceful population, stressing that the forces of internal security cooperation and coordination with all other parties concerned to work day and night to maintain security and stability and restore life to normal in all regions.
The minister Shaar said that acts committed by armed terrorist groups backed by foreign powers want evil to Syria under the pretext of achieving the demands of the right has not been the reform of onion and a far cry from the ethics and values of the Syrian people, explaining that these acts constituted an obstacle to traffic as quickly as required in the implementation of comprehensive reform, led by President Bashar al-Assad.
The Minister of the Interior that Syria continues to reform and restore security and stability, and graduated from the crisis stronger than ever thanks to the awareness of its people and its commitment to national unity and the rallying around the leadership of President al-Assad.
Shaar added that plot on Syria comes as a response to their positions in support of the resistance and Arab rights and the rejection of the dictates of the Bank, which is trying to undermine its independent national and positions of the national principle.
The minister pointed out the slogan to campaign inflammatory by the satellite bankrupt through the falsification of the facts about what is happening on the ground, linked with agendas and foreign plots aimed at undermining Syria and stability, adding that the media is the Syrian national with all its express and accurately the reality of events and the Ministry of the Interior providing him with any information and data on the real events in all honesty and transparency.
The hearing was adjourned to six o'clock on the evening of Sunday the 30 of this month.
Session was attended by Eng. Ghiath Jratla Minister of State for Parliament Affairs.
الحكومة تقر مشروع قانون الموازنة العامة للدولة للسنة المالية 2012 باعتمادات بلغت 550ر1326 مليار ليرة
Cabinet Approves Bill on General State Budget for 2012 (Revenue decreased by 34% while expenditure increased by 15%)
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The government approves the bill the state budget for fiscal year 2012 appropriations amounted to 1,326.550 bil Pounds
October 20, .2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
Council of Ministers approved in its meeting held today, chaired by Dr. Adel Safar, President of the Council a bill the state budget for fiscal year 2012 and the financial statement of the government around.
Amounted to budget allocations 1,326.550 bil Syrian pounds compared to 835 billion pounds in the budget of 2011 allocated of which 951.550 billion of appropriations under way and 375 billion of funds investment compared to 455 billion pounds of funds under way and 380 billion pounds of funds investment in the budget year 2011.
Show the current appropriations in the budget for the first time the size of social support, estimated at 386 billion pounds burden the state budget due to logistical support and the support of oil derivatives, and the energy and increase salaries, wages and periodic promotions and some other administrative expenses.
With the exception of differences caused by the amount of social support, the actual increase of the budget in 2012 is estimated up to 6.15 percent for the budget year 2011.
Dr Mohammed al-Julailati Finance Minister in a statement to reporters after the hearing that the increase in the budget amounted to 58 percent from the previous year's budget, pointing out that this increase is due mainly to the new approach in the budget classification, which amounted to a percentage of the total increase about 43 percent.
al-Julailati that the real increase in the budget is estimated at 15 percent resulting primarily from increased mass of salaries and wages that were added during the last year and amounted to 85 billion for 8 months as of 12 months about 100 billion pounds in addition to increased allocations for education, health and other departments the state.
al-Julailati The minister pointed out that the budget of 2012 showed a surplus of economic profit and public sector companies in addition to social support provided to citizens in the areas of renewable energy and oil derivatives, and logistical support, affirming that the preparation of the budget for 2012 was based on the principle of transparency and disclosure.
And al-Julailati said that current revenues for the year 2012 estimated budget of 267 billion pounds while it was in the budget year 2011 about 404 billion pounds, explaining that this decline is due to the low profits of companies and enterprises of an economic, low taxes and fees resulting from it.
The minister pointed al-Julailati that the investment income in the budget next year amounted to 500.566 billion pounds at full value and includes surpluses economic sector including the oil while it was in the budget of 2011, approximately 194 billion lire less than their real value due to the devaluation of the inability of oil derivatives, and social support of them.
He said .. The government has spent in the field of social support during the current year about 300 billion pounds in the areas of price stability and social support provided to the citizens after they had been allocated in the general budget of 25 billion pounds, pointing out that spending on social support in all its forms through the budget will be about 386 billion pounds in 2012.
The Minister of Finance that the mass of wages and salaries amounted to in the budget year 2012 about 209 billion pounds while she was in the budget year 2011 some 155 billion, explaining the need to find the necessary resources to cover any increase in salaries and wages to prevent high inflation rates and the prices of goods and services that will reflect negatively on the income is limited.
And on investment spending in the budget of 2012, explained the Minister of Finance that it amounted to 375 billion pounds in all institutions and ministries of state, ie, an increase of 14 percent for investment spending in the budget year 2011, amounted to 380 billion pounds, indicating that the difference in the numbers and increase the percentage due to the reclassification in the budget the next.
The finance minister said that the budget figures are estimated planned for implementation linked to cut the accounts after the end of the year, pointing to work to increase the resources and the rationalization of spending by combating waste and the application of control over all aspects of spending and ensure disbursement of funds to projects and economic feasibility of and the accuracy of their implementation as well as controls new income tax collection and access to a unified income tax for natural persons and companies and get rid of the accumulation of tax which is due to some charge for the year 2003 and the application of the principle of accountability.
The minister pointed al-Julailati to seek the ministry to simplify tax procedures and restore confidence among the financial community and the taxpayers and reducing corruption.
Syrian banks eye business in Russian ruble
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MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Syrian banks have been considering operations in the Russian currency if the European Union (EU) further restricts use of the euro by Damascus, head of the Syrian Central Bank said Thursday.
"We can use Russian ruble. In the nearest future, Russian ruble will be included into a daily bulletin of the foreign exchange rates," Adib Mayaleh told the Russian Today TV channel.
The Syrian Central Bank would also include the rate of Chinese RMB in the bulletin, he added.
Mayaleh said Syria has been ready to open accounts in major Russian banks to serve the Syrian private and state clients.
According to the official, sanctions imposed by the EU have limited the maneuvering options for the Syrian economic participants.
الاقتصاد تشكل لجنة للإشراف على المخزون الاستراتيجي للمواد التموينية في المحافظات
Economy Minister forms a committee to oversee the strategic reserve of materials supply in the provinces
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 12:13:46
Issued by Dr. "Muhammad Nidal Shaar," The Minister of Economy and Trade, of a decision under which the formation of a special committee in each province under the direct supervision on the presence of the strategic reserve required to supply materials such as sugar, rice, tea, vegetable oil, and paper, the idle and iron brominated and iron industry, wheat flour, bags, burlap, tires, fuel and gas preservation, distribution and efficiency.
According to the newspaper and the "al-Thawrah", Committee members include the Director of Economy and Commerce Chairman of the Committee and the membership of the managers of branches of Al grain and consumer goods, Amran, and foreign trade, fuel, gas and Head of Operations and Readiness Division, a member of scheduled maintenance.
The decision to allow the Commission deems appropriate including the help of the people of experience, that the Committee shall report periodically, monthly for the content of the Commission's work to the concerned authorities.
الاقتصاد : إقرار آلية دعم المازوت مطلع الأسبوع القادم
Economy: Adoption of the support mechanism diesel early next week
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Declared, "Imad al-Aseel" Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce Chairman of the Committee charged with drafting the mechanisms to support adoption of a mechanism that fuels support for fuel will be the beginning of next week, through a mechanism to accommodate and include under its umbrella a large proportion of citizens, within certain conditions will be announced soon.
According to newspaper "al-Baath", he noted the "al-Aseel" to the Declaration of the adoption of the mechanism was based on the third meeting of the Committee, held at the ministry yesterday, which was decided also to submit a draft study of the Commission prepared on the request Astjerar and consumption of support fuel oil to the ministries of the State concerned for observations , in preparation for submission to the Economic Committee in the Prime Minister for final approval.
And pointed out that the Committee had met and studied and proposed several alternatives presented by members of the Committee of the sectors of agriculture, transport, industry and finance have been taking a large part of them, to coincide with the launch of the Council of Ministers smart card project, which will be adopted in substance support mechanism assessments, in accordance with schedules compatible with the purposes of use of these card, and coordination between the Ministries of Communications and Technology and the Interior to follow the procedures necessary to start this in 2012, and in stages, and responsive to the needs of citizens first and foremost.
It is expected that the support mechanism proposed mainly on the family book and the number of members of his family, and through certain conditions to be developed will include sound and ensure that a large segment of those who will benefit from the features of the proposed support, which may exceed this 80%.
وزير العدل : نعمل على تطوير قوانين أصول المحاكمات المدنية
Justice Minister: We are working to develop the laws of Civil Procedure (legal reform)
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Minister of Justice said the judge "Tayseer Qalaa Awad," The ministry is serious about building courts and palaces of justice in some areas of the provinces where they were buying the land necessary, pointing out that the ministry is working to develop rules of Civil Procedure, and in particular things, reporting and Criminal Procedure and the law of the judiciary.
According to the agency, "SANA", he explained, "Qalaa Awad," that the cause of delay in deciding on lawsuits due to the shortage of judges and the steady increase in numbers of cases, which the ministry is working on avoided by announcing competitions for the appointment of new judges, noting that up to 1.68 mil cases was adjudicated last year out of 2.15 million lawsuit.
The "Awad" The ministry is keen to the selection of judges on their integrity and competence and within the conditions set by the Supreme Council of Magistracy, and it is necessary to the survival of the newly appointed judge outside his province for some time.
He noted "Qalaa Awad," The Cabinet is currently considering reducing the fee litigation that may rise to about 70 percent, and the automation of judicial work project is being worked out within a specific timeframe, indicating that the induction of prosecutors general in police stations experiment has failed in many countries Arab, where the ministry is currently studying the creation of alternative mechanisms for that.
(الإعدام) لمن دفن نفايات نووية في سورية...مشروع قانون البيئة الجديد: مجلس أعلى.. وضابطة لمثيري الضجيج والروائح
(Penalty) for those who bury nuclear waste in Syria ... the new draft law on the environment: a higher council .. And officer of the instigators of the noise and odors
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10/20/2011
The Ministry of the Environment Environment New bill to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which in turn transmitted it to the site «participatory Syria» to attract the views of citizens before the adoption.
Law and is looking forward to establish basic rules for safety and protect the environment from pollution and achieve sustainable environmental development and identify the tasks entrusted to the ministry alone or in cooperation with the competent authorities to follow up the implementation of its provisions and the provisions of laws and regulations relating to environmental matters in order to achieve the desired goals.
The bill provides for the creation of a Supreme Council for the Protection of the environment headed by the Prime Minister, the membership of the 13 ministers and heads of federations of trade unions, peasants, craftsmen, and heads of chambers of industry and tourism, in addition to heads of planning and international cooperation, investment and captain of Agricultural Engineers and the Assistant to the Minister of State for Environmental Affairs.
The Supreme Council approved the policy for the protection of the environment and the national strategy with plans and programs of their own, and to adopt regulations and conditions relating to the environment and make decisions to prevent or arrest or the imposition of restrictions on the operation of any facility, exclusion, and laboratory accreditation and approval of contingency plans.
The bill to make a fund «to support and protect the environment» to deposit in which all donations and grants and funds provided by the organizations and bodies and international funds, Arab, and in accordance with the provisions of the laws in force in addition to what is allocated to him in the state budget funds to support and protect the environment.
The bill provides that the designation «inspectors environmentalists» allow them to enter areas designated by the Ministry in coordination with the competent authorities, with the exception of the housing inhabited by entering the required permission from the Attorney General.
The environmental inspector shall be entitled to close proposal to place the offender who was warned, and implement a closure by the Public Prosecutor, the Minister shall be the specific instructions of the violations that require immediate closure of the works and after its adoption by the Council.
In the chapter «responsibilities and sanctions» stipulates the draft law for the punishment of «all those who contributed or helped in crossing the nuclear waste or radioactive or hazardous to the Syrian Arab Republic temporary arrest at least five years and a fine of ten million Syrian pounds to twenty million pounds. Under the penal servitude if you enter this waste with a view to dumping or landfill or dumped or burned or stored in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic or its territorial waters, and the death penalty if a star for this entry is the death of a human being, and is adjusted such offenses in cooperation with the competent authorities ».
It also provides separate penalties for the punishment of a fine of 400 thousand Syrian pounds to the two million the owner of the same industrial activity or economic development or tourism or service or is responsible for management, if the activity causing the environmental pollution, causes damage to Annie or future human health and safety , or if you get rid of the Syrian Arab Republic from any type of solid waste (industrial - Dangerous - Medical) or liquid or gaseous resulting from activity contrary to the provisions of this decree, standards and specifications, conditions, and other ecosystems, or use the materials listed in the non-specific uses and the permitted and deserve punishment, whether it is to get rid of this waste discharges or dumping or the dumping or incineration, or any other way, and in case of repetition, the punishment shall be imprisonment of three months at least, in addition to double the fine specified in this item and the removal of this violation during the trial period extenuating death ».
In addition to the closure, punishable by a fine of four hundred thousand Syrian pounds to two million Syrian pounds each begin work after issuance of this decree in the facility, agricultural, industrial or service subject to the EIA without a study to evaluate the environmental impact and adoption of the Environment Directorate of the relationship.
The perpetrator of any of the violations of other environmental, including noise or pollution of the air smells unpleasant or harmful issued the necessary instruments selected, a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds to five hundred thousand pounds, the penalty shall be doubled in case of repetition for the second time, and in case of repetition for the third time and thereafter, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of at least two months in addition to a fine double.
The draft law, not turning the penalties provided in this Decree to apply the most punishment of any other legislative text.
In the event proved that the owner closed off to practice during the period in which the work assigned to remove the violation, punishable by a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds for each day of practice in which the work during that period.
The inspectors environmentalists, are punishable by turn a blind eye, including the work of facility subject to its supervision, and cause harm to the environment or who have not achieved them of the procedures and specifications related to the assessment of the environmental impact of facilities subject to the supervision or ignored, a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds to five hundred thousand pounds in addition to accountability disciplinary after the verdict.
As long bill, workers in the state who are engaged in licensing any of the projects or activities that are subject to EIA without the adoption of a study evaluating the environmental impact, and liable to a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds to five hundred thousand in addition to accountability behavioral After the verdict, and, if rigging a working in the state of any of the documents or records, leading to the result of damage to the environment, its perpetrator shall be punished according to the Penal Code as well as behavioral accountability after the verdict.
الصحة تطلب الاقتصاد ضبط مستحضرات طبية مخالفة في الأسواق
Health requests the economy adjust the pharmaceuticals market in violation of
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 10:19:17
The Ministry of Health of the Ministry of Economy and Trade to help control medical products are sold in local markets in violation, noting that most of these materials imported from China and Thailand without registration in the Ministry of Health.
And according to the newspaper, "al-Thawrah" and directed the Ministry of Economy and Trade Directorates of economy and trade in all the provinces need to work and coordination with the Directorates of Health to prevent the sale of pharmaceutical forum, especially the preparation Kellypearl cream and lotion Archepearl cream, which are settled and developed and recorded in accordance with due process in the Ministry of Health.
بعد أن أُغرق السوق المحلي بلحومها المستوردة .. وزارة الزراعة تسمح بتربية الجواميس في سورية
After that flooded the local market with imported meat .. Ministry of Agriculture to allow buffalo breeding in Syria
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Thursday - October 20 - 2011 - 10:09:40
Issued by the Minister of Agriculture Riad Hijab of a decision to grant residence permits farms buffalo in accordance with the provisions of the resolution / 62 / T of 2003 governing the licensing of farms and complexes breeding dairy cattle and fattening calves and accessories, at the time met with the meat of buffalo frozen imported from India are in great demand in the local market.
And take into account the minimum number of the herd, which the applicant wishes to his upbringing on the farm with a view to breeding buffalo number of 10 head of beef or buffalo with a view to a number of 10 head and may be a combination of buffalo breeding and fattening, commensurate with the limits for the license mentioned above.
The decree also provided that the distance thatched required per head buffalo dairy 5 m 2 and buffalo fattening 3 m 2 and 10 m 2 per head of the theater and should be available in the theater sprays water at a rate candidate and one for every 2 head of buffalo or bath water at 5 m 2 per head.
And is considered a branch of animal production, as the fifth largest in the Arab world in terms of the census and importance after the "sheep" and "goats" and "cows" and "camel."
And the Syrian market began - almost a year ago - the import of frozen buffalo meat imported from India, due to low prices compared to Awassi meat.
And go for the largest amount of imported buffalo meat to restaurants at various levels, and some work to sell on the basis of it, "Lamb!".
Range and prices of frozen buffalo meat, which he found the best alternative to the Syrian Awassi meat is expensive, between 180 SP and 300 SP, according to the part that cut into the meat of it (Thigh - shoulder ..).
اختيار موقع العقيبة بحلب للاحتفال بالسنة الدولية للغابات
Choice of al-'Uqabah district in Aleppo to celebrate the International Year of Forests
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October 20, .2011
Damascus, (SANA) -
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) selected al-'Uqabah district for environmental tourism site in the city of Aleppo to celebrate the International Year of Forests on Saturday.
The celebration of the activities of the project management of forest fires in addition to many lectures that highlight the importance of this site tourism, environmentally and show the economic importance of the forest and its role in achieving social and economic development, tourism, environmental and calls for the need for attention and care of forests and maintenance of fire with the participation of local communities and stakeholders.
The Park is located on al-'Uqabah, which is located about 30 km from the city of Aleppo in the stability of the first range where the rate of rainfall of 373 and 463 Mlamitra were planted within the site plan in Forestry 1987 and 1988 an area of 2175 hectares.
The number of saplings, where about 800 thousand seedlings were planted 50 hectares in the Forest Plan in 1991, the number of seedlings of 23 000 and thus the total forested area 822 000 2225 the number of seedlings distributed between the implant and Albroca fruiting pine and cypress-Halabi, and broad leaves.
The Agriculture Ministry said that the region is a reservoir of plant genetic resources as it includes many species and varieties, breeds and styles of environmental adapted over the centuries under the environmental conditions that started at the mountain cover vegetation is variable, pointing out that the importance of this cover is reflected creating a climate and environment of a mini-reservation soil erosion and provide material membership in addition to it is the refuge and sanctuary for many wild animals and a source of food and medicine for humans.
The ministry announced this garden in 2009 in order to identify plant species and the spread of forest and biodiversity conservation in the region and conducting studies and practice activities
For eco-tourism and allow the re-pointedness and natural seedling growth and encourage forest species and create jobs for local people and their active participation in its creation and implementation.
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