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Syria to sign 44 agreements worth nearly $6 billion with Saudi Arabia

Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih gestures during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih gestures during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo — Hamad I Mohammed

(Reuters) -Syria will sign 44 agreements with Saudi Arabia estimated to be worth at nearly $6 billion, Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Moustafa said on Wednesday.

He spoke at a press conference as Damascus hosts a Saudi-Syrian investment conference attended by a top Saudi business delegation.

(Reporting by Yomna Ehab; Writing by Menna Alaa El-Din, Editing by William Maclean)

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