AMMAN — Jordanian
businessmen and Syrian officials have said that they hope that the two-way
trade between Syria and Jordan would return to pre-Syrian crisis levels,
calling for cooperation in the sectors of information technology, energy,
renewable energy, medical tourism and transit trade, Jordan News Agency, Petra,
reported.
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The call came during a
meeting Tuesday between a delegation from the
Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC)
and Syria's Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Minister Amr Salem on the
sidelines of a Jordanian trade and services fair currently underway in
Damascus.
According to a JCC
statement, the chamber's chairman, Nael Kabariti, and a number of members of
its board of directors discussed with the Syrian minister prospects for
Jordanian-Syrian partnerships to provide various goods and services in the two
countries' markets at competitive prices and high quality.
The two sides also agreed
to continue holding joint exhibitions to promote the products of the two
countries and network between business owners, and to overcome any obstacles to
the flow of goods in both directions.
The Syrian minister
praised the
Jordanian-Syrian relations, saying that they are "brotherly
before they are commercial," stressing that Damascus is committed to
removing the difficulties and obstacles that hinder the strengthening of
bilateral cooperation and advancing it to broader horizons.
Salem stressed the
importance of the two countries cooperating in the
ICT sector and for his
country to leverage Jordanian expertise in this field, especially in light of
Syria's move towards "digitization" and electronic billing, calling
for a Jordanian ICT fair in Syria. For his part, Kabariti said that the
Jordanian trade and services sector is committed to building strategic
relations and real partnerships with Syria to achieve common interests,
stressing that both countries maintain strong ties.
The two countries have
been working side-by-side since the end of last year to bounce back economic
cooperation, hoping to restore trade exchange to its former glory.
To that end, the JCC
organized the first foreign exhibition held on Syrian territory in years,
laying the necessary groundwork and drawing up plans to achieve their goal.
According to a statement
on Wednesday, the chamber and participants in the exhibition said that they
aspire to establish "new" trade ties with Syria, and leverage the
great opportunities in the market to supply it with products, goods and
services at reasonable prices and top quality.
Kabariti said the move to
revive trade ties is a common interest for Jordan and
Syria, stressing that the
Kingdom is a gateway for Syrian imports, products and goods into other
countries.
Participants in the
exhibition described the Syrian market as "promising" for trade and
investment and for establishing joint partnerships, in addition to enabling
business expansions and setting a foothold into foreign markets.
The exhibition,
co-organized with the
Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce, brought
together 50 companies operating in the trade and services sectors, along with
127 businessmen. Vice-President of the Jordanian Free Zones Investors
Authority, Sharaf Al-Din Rifai, underlined that the authority's participation
in the exhibition aimed at promoting investment opportunities in the Kingdom,
and its strategic location in the region.
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