VOL. XL

No. 6

10-February-1997

SYRIA

Diplomat Lambasts Corruption In Syria

A senior Syrian diplomat has delivered a rare and outspoken attack on corruption in Syrian life in which he also described the national accounts as "completely wrong and meaningless." The Syrian Ambassador to France, Mr. Elias Najma, speaking to the Arab-French Chamber of Commerce in Paris on 28 January, criticized what he called "the bourgeoisie and circles who sought only for their own individual and cheap interests"...