Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Syria intends to establish a joint free markets with Iraq
Organization announced that the General of Free Zones Syria, Tuesday, its intention to establish markets in the areas of joint free with Iraq and Iran, as a next step for Free Zones common border Syrian-Iraqi, described as a significant step in the creation of integration in the cooperation between the three countries in the field of free zones.
The Director-General of the Free Zones Corporation Muhammad chick in a statement reported for "Twilight News" that "the institution sets its priorities for the next stage the creation of free zones, joint Syrian-Iranian-Iraqi, a next step for Free Zones Joint Syrian-Iraqi border."
He pointed out that "the implementation of the joint free zones on the border will be the starting point of the triple joint free zones, taking into account the role of this triangular cooperation in raising the numbers and volumes of trade between countries in addition to activating the movement of transit interfaces to the highest levels."
He added that "the creation of this integration between the free zones in the three countries will make its free zones point to attract significant investment and domestic capital in the three countries and foreign investors interested in, given that the transport and transit will be locked between Syria and Iran and Iraq."
Promise chick free zones in any country in the world play a pivotal role in stimulating their economies during periods of crisis specifically in terms of the insurance of goods, commodities and raw materials, on the one hand, and stimulate trade and the flow of goods to the countries of the hand, what makes them an outlet for any economy in Such a heart crisis in Syria. "
And it was "important step in the creation of integration in the cooperation between the three countries in the field of free zones."
There are in Iraq, d are currently four free zones is the Free Zone in Khor Al-Zubair and the area is located to the south-west of the city of Basra and at a distance of 45 km, an area (1 km 2) The size of the area expansion of 18 km 2 and is characterized by Batalaltha the Persian Gulf, making it the focal point is important for the lines of international trade as well as the free zone in Nineveh, This area is located in the province of Nineveh, on the road connector - Dohuk, about 20 km north of Mosul, an area of 4.9 km 2 and the region other is the free zone in the existing area is located in the northwest of the country in the province of Anbar, the Iraqi-Syrian border and an area of (300,000) km 2, and the last area is the free zone near Baghdad / Fallujah Enaimah (under construction).
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