Damascus/Riyadh, July 24 -- Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to sign more than 40 agreements worth $6 billion across many industries, Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa said.
"Forty-four agreements worth $6 billion will be signed with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," al-Mustafa said on Wednesday at a press conference dedicated to the Syrian-Saudi investment forum in Damascus.
The minister added that the new agreements will contribute to the creation of more than 50,000 new jobs throughout Syria.
"We are working to attract private investment in the energy sector and discussed with a group of Saudi investors issues of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and areas where the media and communications industries intersect," a...