- 27 Δεκ 2018, 20:23
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Because of that, and the persistent US sanctions targeting Syrian and Syrian-allied institutions, neither the US nor any of the EU countries were invited to this year’s fair.
With little competition present, China pledged to manufacture its own cars within Syria, provide mobile hospitals, and reaffirmed its ambition to develop post-war Syria’s infrastructure.
The US and EU countries were, however, allowed to attend the 4th International Trade Exhibition for Rebuilding Syria which concluded on October 6.
While being technically “allowed”, Western participants were not exactly welcome. A manager at a major Syrian tile manufacturing company stated: “I don’t hope that the West will come here, because it had a big hand in the war against Syria.”
At the same time, Nikki Haley, the outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations, has intimated that the US is not even interested in helping “rebuild Syria”, calling the notion “absurd”.