The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to pay the debts of Syria to the World Bank

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar said that they will achieve the distinguished debts of Syria for the World Bank, in a move that would help financing the country that was transferred to marriage to rebuild post -war and public sector salaries.

The financing of about 15 million dollars will be the first financial assistance to Syria from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since Fall last year from Bashar al -Assad The regime, a government of strongly opposed the Kingdom.

The two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday during the spring meetings in Washington from the World Bank and IMF: “This commitment will pave the way for the World Bank Group to resume support and operations in Syria after the suspension of more than 14 years.”

The Syrian economy has crashed more than a decade of war and widespread sanctions, which represents a tremendous challenge for the new government led by the former rebels from the Islamic Group Haya Tora Al -Sham.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its neighbors in the Gulf has risen to humanitarian aid to Syria in recent months, but the debt settlement plan will be the first Saudi funding for the country as Rayd moves to intensify its influence, including welcoming the Syrian leader on the first foreign trip in February.

On Friday, Muhammad al -Jadan, the Minister of Finance in the Kingdom, stressed the need to move with caution to Syria because of the sanctions and other factors, but he said that the international community should do more to support the war -torn countries in the region, including Yemen, Sudan, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

He said: “They need to know that the international community … will stand beside them.”

The governor of the Central Bank in Syria and the Minister of Finance attended the World Bank meetings and the International Monetary Fund held in Washington this week for the first time in more than two decades.

This was the first visit by the new government in Syria to the United States since the Assad regime was overthrown in December after a thunderbolt attack by the opposition forces. Since then, the government of Syria has sought to rebuild the country’s diplomatic relations with regional and global powers, as well as international financial institutions.

Officials from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank confirmed to the Syrian authorities the need for reliable economic data and rebuilding the central bank.