Deir Ezzor, northeastern Syria (SANA) – Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otri affirmed on Wednesday that Syria under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad managed to realize significant achievements in terms of comprehensive and balanced development, food security, self-sufficiency, and raising growth rates and the GDP.

During an expanded meeting at the Deiz Ezzor Municipal Building, Otri said that Syria managed through depending on its people, natural resources and national unity to overcome pressures and challenges imposed on it due to its independent decision-making and adherence to national standards.

The Prime Minister said that the government focused in the comprehensive development process on developing the eastern area through irrigation projects, land reclamation, expanding arable areas, and raising new types of crops, adding that the health and education sector were also given priority.

He noted that the government provided a suitable environment for investment by establishing industrial cities, expanding infrastructures, providing facilitations and incentives, attracting investment project, and enabling the private sector to participate in the development process.

Otri said that the 11th five-year plan's directives prioritize the investment process, with the government planning for investment projects valued at SYP 4 billion (USD 85 million) that will be carried out by the government and the local, Arab and foreign private sector.

The Prime Minister called for investing available resources and developing them in the Deir Ezzor governorate, stressing that the government is committed to bolstering the progress achieved in the governorate and meeting its needs and requirements.

During the meeting, Governor of Deir Ezzor Hussein Arnous presented a memo on the state of development and services in the governorate, in addition to economic, educational and health indicators in it

The memo also detailed the state of work in the industrial city, progress in strategic projects, road and railway projects, land reclamation, sports facilities, the heart surgery center and al-Assad housing suburb, in addition to suggestions for developing the state of economy, services and development in Deir Ezzor.

H. Sabbagh