(Reporting by George Hadad; Translation by Dani Murad)
As a result of the wide-ranging sanctions imposed by the international community on Bashar al-Assad's regime, an official leaked document No (14312 / W) issued by the Ministry of Interior, reveals the numerous difficulties the ministry is facing in concluding contracts and providing "supplies".
The document which dates back to late 2011, and directed by brigadier Mahmoud Reda Zakaria Head of the Administrative Affairs department, shows the negative effects of the economic sanctions imposed by the Arab League, European Union, United States and Turkey on its work, which caused many contractors to be reluctant in submitting their proposals and bids to supply foreign materials.
The document’s content which Zaman Al Wasl exclusively publishes, points out to the increases in prices of many materials, even local ones, as well as the "great difficulty in insuring the issuance of bank guarantees from foreign banks, which forces applicants to reimburse the insurance amounts to cash”.
In terms of maneuvering and manipulating UN sanctions through fraud operations, the document says :“in case there have been contracts to supply materials of foreign origin (European or American) there will be huge increases in prices because contractors are forced to resort to unusual methods to bring these materials to the Syrian territories.
Brigadier Mahmood suggested at the end of his letter to ask the entire committees charged with studying and concluding contracts to “head towards friendly markets such as Russia, china, Brazil, India ... etc) and depend more on local materials.
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