Khaberni - The forum, launching on Thursday in the capital Damascus, with the participation of a Jordanian economic delegation, aims to research and explore investment opportunities in Syria, and promote investment projects in Jordan.
The forum’s launch is part of a two-day business visit organized by the economic delegation in cooperation between the Jordanian Businessmen Association and the Syrian Businessmen and Businesswomen Association, within the framework of activating the memorandum of understanding signed between the two parties since 2009.
The forum includes the participation of investors, business owners, and companies from both countries, featuring an extensive work session focusing on reviewing investment opportunities in Syria and enhancing economic legislation integration between the two countries, in addition to discussing Jordan's role as an important economic and logistical pillar for Syria.
The forum sessions also aim to frame joint investment opportunities, especially in light of the Syrian side's economic movements towards strategic sectors, contributing to enhancing economic integration and supporting reconstruction efforts, and building a sustainable shared investment bridge that serves the interests of both parties.
The forum includes direct business meetings between business owners and companies from both countries, forming a platform for exchanging information about investment and trade cooperation opportunities, strengthening economic relations, and building partnerships based on mutual interests.
Ayman Allawneh, the president of the Jordanian Businessmen Association, stated in a press release that the delegation’s visit and the forum are of great importance especially for enhancing and developing the economic relations between the two countries and benefiting from the available investment and trade opportunities in many strategic sectors.
He noted that the association is keen on making more efforts to promote major projects that the kingdom intends to implement in promising vital sectors and to attract investors to participate in them, in alignment with the role of the private sector included in the economic modernization vision.
Allawneh, who heads the delegation comprising more than 30 businessmen representing trade, service, and industrial sectors, affirmed the existence of many diverse opportunities at the commercial and investment levels that can be utilized in developing their economic relations, particularly with regards to reconstruction projects.
The delegation includes sectors of construction, transportation, logistics services, education, energy, water, general trade, agriculture, tourism, travel, industry, financial and banking, information technology, and free, developmental, and industrial zones.
