Damascus, Dec. 17 (SANA) Syria’s Transport Minister Yarub Badr held talks on Wednesday with a Saudi logistics official on ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in transport and logistics, at the ministry’s building in Damascus.
Badr met with Mohammed Dhiyab Al-Okaili, a logistics official at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, to review the current state of Syria’s transport sector and explore cooperation in logistics services and digital platforms related to transport.
Badr said Syria has taken a series of steps in recent months to improve the sector, including road maintenance and legislative and regulatory reforms.
He added that work is under way to establish a Supreme Council for Sustainable Transport, which would be tasked with developing strategies, setting plans and coordinating among relevant authorities.
Badr also said arrangements were being made to convene a joint Syrian-Saudi technical committee to address challenges facing land transport between the two countries and to enhance bilateral cooperation.
Al-Okaili said the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Saudi Chambers were ready to provide support to Syria, including sharing expertise and successful experiences in transport and logistics.
He presented proposals for two digital platforms to Syria’s Transport Ministry, one for managing vehicle and cargo licensing and another for handling driving licenses, which the ministry said it would study for possible implementation in line with local conditions.
Al-Okaili also expressed interest in benefiting from Syria’s experience in traffic legislation and violations, as well as in public transport development and bus system modernization
This meeting comes within the framework of joint efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Syria and Saudi Arabia and to exchange expertise in the transport sector, contributing to the improvement of logistics and transport services
