RIYADH, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday in Riyadh that his country has secured 28 billion U.S. dollars in investment within six months.
"We have amended Syria's investment laws... and within the first six months, the country attracted investments worth 28 billion U.S. dollars," al-Sharaa said during a session of the ongoing Future Investment Initiative conference, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud sitting in the audience.
Al-Sharaa said the country has established partnerships with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Türkiye, in addition to investment projects with Bahrain and Jordan. He added that U.S. companies have also invested alongside regional partners.
"We want to rebuild Syria via investments," al-Sharaa said, adding the world can benefit from it as a "trade corridor."
"What the world stands to gain from Syria's stability is immense, as it occupies a strategic position in the region," he said.
Since seizing power from Bashar al-Assad 10 months ago, al-Sharaa has undertaken a series of foreign visits as his transitional government works to re-establish Syria's ties with regional countries and the West. Support from Saudi Arabia and Türkiye helped his interim government secure a lift of most U.S. sanctions on Syria in late June. ■
