Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 30

25-July-2005

Regional

Syria And Qatar Form Investment Holding Company

Syria and Qatar on 11 July signed an agreement to set up for a period of 30 years a joint holding company with a capital of $200mn. The agreement was initialed in Damascus by the Syrian Minister of Finance Muhammad al-Husain and his Qatari counterpart, Yusuf Husain Kamal. The new venture the Syrian Qatari Investment Holding Company will form a number of companies to invest in...