A Delegation of Ashur International Bank headed by the chairman , his deputy and several members of the Board attended the13th conference for Arab businessmen and investors, which was held for the period 3-4 March 2010 under the auspices of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad. The Ashur International Bank was the silver sponsor of this conference. The Chairman Eng. Wadee Handal speech concentrated on investment in Syria and the necessity of removing obstacles of investment and issuing new laws to keep pace with modern requirements and needs of the investor. It is worth noting that the conference recommendations were important, they are as follows:-
-The formulation of a code of conduct between the Arab businessmen to invest in Arab countries to secure the progress and prosperity.
- Applying administrative reform approach to enhance the efficiency of public administrations and the development of the relationship with investors,.
- Improving boarder gates and airport& ports Syrian – Arab countries
- Strengthening relations between the sector specialist Syrian businessmen and their fellow Arabs to establish sectoral clusters capable of development, investment and competition.
- Encourage and facilitate mergers between firms with the Syrian and other Arab companies to promote investment possibilities in the projects and joint activities.
The participants welcomed the promising opportunities in oil and mineral wealth, power, financial, industrial, tourism, information technology, telecommunications, real estate, and transport sectors.