Damascus Exchange Signals Revival

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00:00What does the reopening of the Damascus Stock Exchange signal

00:05about the country's economic future after 14 years of civil war?

00:12It signals really a positive step towards economic recovery and stabilization.

00:22It signals to the whole world that Syria is opening a new page with the world

00:28in the case that the government is ready to revitalize the economy

00:35and push that economic growth even further and further,

00:39trying to attract more investment, open for the world.

00:44You know Syria has been, since 1979, under a country that supports terrorists.

00:53So we are isolated. We've been isolated from the whole world.

00:56Even we have previously Damascus Stock Exchange,

01:00but it's really like some sort of like paralyzed stage.

01:05It's not really very active.

01:07They used to open three days a week from 10 to 1 o'clock, three days only.

01:13So it's really, it was just a building with not much activity there.

01:24But right now, they are heading toward more effective stock market.