Damascus-Sana
The Council of Ministers, in its weekly session chaired by Eng. Hussein Arnous, Chairman of the Council, saluted the cadres of ministries, public bodies, unions, community and popular activities, firefighters and civil defense who, with the support of the Syrian Arab Army, contributed to extinguishing the fires in the countryside of Lattakia, Tartous and Homs, praising the exceptional efforts made that reflect the spirit of cooperation and dedication to Syrian people in the face of crises.
The Council asked the ministries to expedite the development and implementation of plans to replant the areas that were exposed to fires and restore economic life to them as soon as possible, and to put in place mechanisms to provide support as soon as the statements of the committees that began counting the damages in the context of response to meet the actual needs of the people and provide material support to those affected to re-invest their lands and cultivate them and accelerate the provision of services All the planters are locked.
Eng. Arnous affirmed that the state will provide various types of support to the affected people to compensate for the damages they have suffered as a result of the fires in a way that contributes to reviving agricultural lands and launching local development projects, pointing to the importance of activating partnerships with the private sector, organizations and unions, strengthening efforts to combat smuggling and manipulating oil derivatives, and take proactive measures to confront Any emergency and dealing with the media responsibly and transparently.
The Minister of Communications and Technology reviewed the steps accomplished after the launch of the services of the Syrian Company for Electronic Payments in the field of work of a number of ministries, as it was emphasized to apply electronic payment in various transactions that need to be reviewed by citizens within a maximum period of the fourth month of next year.
The Council of Ministers discussed the draft law governing the creation of the Syrian Chambers of Industry and the Federation of Chambers of Industry with the aim of enhancing their contribution to economic development. He requested the Ministry of Education to improve the educational reality in the southern countryside of Aleppo and to provide the requirements for the educational process. He assigned the Ministry of Finance to present proposals to develop the insurance sector and expand the beneficiary segment of it. It also agreed to supply five Millions of foot and mouth disease vaccines to immunize livestock.
In a statement to reporters after the session, the Minister of Communications and Technology, Eng. Iyad Al-Khatib, explained that the Council reviewed the percentages of the implementation of the Syrian Company for Electronic Payments to link banks and the parties concerned with invoicing, and the steps taken by the Ministries of Interior, Transport, Electricity and Water Resources, and the Governorate of Damascus in the first phase, and the number and value of bills that have been collected since the beginning. On the 14th of last April, 26 billion pounds were collected from the Ministry of Transport, about 250 million pounds from the Ministry of Communications and 46 million from Damascus Governorate, adding that it is expected that the real estate bank will be linked with the payments system before the end of the current year in parallel with the steps taken to link all private banks with the Syrian For payments.
In his turn, Minister of Industry Ziyad Sabbagh pointed out that the Council discussed amending the decree regulating the work of the Federation of Chambers of Industry with the aim of involving the private sector in the development process and developing the economic sector in its public and private parts and bringing about a shift in the Federation of Chambers of Industry law in order to establish new industrial chambers that include all governorates to contribute to the development of the industrial sector In an integrated and balanced way.