PREMIER: KEY ELEMENT IN REBUILDING SYRIA IS HUMAN BEING

Damascus, 8 Ramadan 1434 /16 July 2013 (MINA) – Syrian Prime Minister Dr. Wael al-Halqi said that the key element in rebuilding Syria is building the human being on proper and correct basis.

During a meeting with members of the Teachers Syndicate’s executive bureau on Monday (15/6), al-Halqi said that the government will focus in the upcoming stage on developing human resources to help the rebuilding and development process and participate in the struggle against violence, exclusion and extremism.

Al-Halqi underlined the role of teachers in strengthening the younger generations’ ties to the homeland and their sense of responsibility, and in combating alien destructive concepts from seeping into society, in addition to their role in promoting coexistence.

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The Prime Minister stressed the need to revise curricula and teaching methods and encourage scientific research and innovation, according SANA news agency report monitored by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).

He asserted that despite the economic war waged on Syria, the government is working to employ available resource in an optimal manner and improve the living conditions of citizens, noting that work is underway to provide supplies to all areas, particularly Aleppo where conditions are improving after convoys carrying food and medical supplies began arriving there.

For their part, members of the executive bureau posed a number of issues related to their work, including health insurance, printing presses, and keeping up with technology, among other issues.

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On Saturday (13/7) the premier also confirmed that the government committed to improve the economic condition providing daily needs and expand the delivery of goods and groceries.

Chairing a meeting of the committee for restructuring government-provided subsidization, Premier al-Halqi said this meeting aims at establishing new economic mechanisms to help citizens bear the burdens caused by the current crisis.

He said that the government is working hard to overcome challenges despite the economic sanctions and the economic and media warfare waged on Syria, with these challenges including some merchants running a monopoly on certain good and USD exchange rate speculation.

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Al-Halqi stressed the need for the Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Ministry to monitor prices in markets and hold those who manipulate prices accountable, in addition to providing various goods in retail outlets.

He also underlined the need to find suitable mechanisms to ensure that support reach those who need it.

Discussions during the meeting tackled means for improving citizens’ living conditions in light of the rising prices and the possibility of expanding subsidization to cover petroleum products and basic food materials. (T/P04/E1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)