Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 45

7-November-2005

SYRIA

Dardari Says Syria Can Cope With Sanctions

The Syrian government is confident of coping with any international sanctions that might arise from the investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri, the Syrian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs 'Abd Allah al-Dardari told the Financial Times of 2 November. Following the unanimous adoption on 31 October of UN Security Council Resolution 1636,...