VOL. XLI

No. 16

20-April-1998

SYRIA

Syria Seeks Private Funds For Fertilizer Project

In a first step of its kind, Syria is seeking private funds for a fertilizer projectthat will have a daily output capacity of 1,000 tons of ammonia and 1,750 tons of urea,according to the Damascus daily al-Bath, 22 March. However the government iskeeping its options open by offering the project to the private sector alone, or jointlywith the government, or by the government alone. Local, Arab and international...