(MENAFN) With the participation of more than 160 companies specialized in clothing, fabric, shoes, and production equipment, the 4th Khan al-Harir fashion and textiles expo kicked off on Friday in the Fairgrounds.
The expo, which is organized by Aleppo Chamber of Industry in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry, the Economy and Foreign Trade Ministry, and the Local Production and Exports Support and Development Agency, will last for four days.
The participation of this number of industrialists is the strongest evidence of the Syrian industry's recovery and the capability of Aleppo's industrialists to overcome challenges and obstacles, adding that most of them worked within difficult conditions in order to uphold production and support the national economy, according to the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Mohammad Samer al-Khalil.
For his part, Minister of Industry Mohammad Mazen Youssef said that there is a plan to re-launch Aleppo's factories as fast as possible, especially those related to the textile industry upon which all national industries depend, SANA reported.
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