Syrian Minister of Finance Dr. Mohammed Al-Hussein received here today the Chairman of Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Yousef bin Ibrahim Al-Bassam and discussed with him aspects of cooperation between Syria and the SFD. During the meeting, the Syrian Minister hailed efforts of the SFD to finance major development projects in Syria, noting that the value of this funding amounted to about $ 1 billion over the past decades, most recently the financing of the power plant in the Nasiriyah area. For his part, Al-Bassam stressed that the SFD deals positively with any funding requests from the Syrian government and will contribute to the financing of projects according to the SFD plans.
