Prime Minister Imad Khamis affirmed that launching the Damascus International Fair with the attendance of official delegations and the participation of about 1,300 Arab and foreign businessmen and a large number of local economic figures from the public and private sectors relays a message that Syria is recovering rapidly and its factories and plants have returned to work effectively.

In a statement to Sputnik news agency, Khamis stressed the need to forge the best future for Syria and to shake off the dust of war and move towards work and production.

He added that there will be a great role for the participants in Damascus International Fair in the reconstruction phase, especially allies such as Russia which stood by Syria since the beginning of the crisis, pointing out to the legislations, decisions and decrees issued by the Syrian state to support industry and production in all their components in order to overcome the effects of war.