Syria’s vital border crossing with Jordan is set to reopen on Sunday for the first time since rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the country’s de facto finance minister said, as its new rulers seek to keep the crisis-hit economy afloat.
Abd El Raouf also said he expects the new interim leadership to re-evaluate its agreements with foreign countries, namely Russia and Iran, as it begins to tackle the country’s crushing public debt burden. But he said special care should be taken for agreements brokered by Assad’s government with Russia, as it was not yet clear whether the new government and Moscow would want to sign trade deals in the future.
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