A Jordanian-Syrian investment forum kicks off Thursday in Damascus, with the participation of a Jordanian economic delegation, aiming to explore investment opportunities in Syria and promote investment projects in Jordan.
The launch of the forum comes as part of a two-day working visit organized by an economic delegation through 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 sides in 2009.
The forum, attended by investors, business leaders, and companies from both countries, will feature an expanded working session focusing on reviewing investment opportunities in Syria, enhancing the integration of economic legislation between the two countries, and discussing Jordan’s role as a key economic and logistical hub for Syria.
The forum sessions also aim to structure joint investment opportunities, particularly in light of Syria’s economic initiatives and its orientation toward strategic sectors, contributing to strengthened economic integration, support for reconstruction efforts, and the establishment of a sustainable joint investment bridge serving the interests of both sides.
The forum will also include direct business meetings between entrepreneurs and companies from the two countries, providing a platform for exchanging information on investment and trade cooperation opportunities, strengthening economic ties, and building partnerships based on mutual interests.
In a press statement, Chairman of the Jordanian Businessmen Association Ayman Al-Allawneh emphasized that the delegation’s visit and the forum are of great importance, particularly in enhancing and developing economic relations between the two countries and benefiting from the available investment and trade opportunities across various strategic sectors.
He noted that the association is keen to intensify efforts to promote major projects that the Kingdom intends to implement in promising and vital sectors and to attract investors to participate in them, in line with the role of the private sector outlined in the Economic Modernization Vision.
Al-Allawneh, who heads the delegation comprising more than 30 businessmen representing commercial, service, and industrial sectors, stressed that both countries possess numerous diverse trade and investment opportunities that can be leveraged to develop their economic relations, especially in reconstruction projects.
The delegation includes representatives from the contracting and construction, transport and logistics, education, energy, water, general trade, agriculture, tourism and travel, industry, financial and banking sectors, information technology, as well as free, development, and industrial zones.
