A ship loaded with wheat arrived at the Syrian port of Latakia for the first time since the fall of ousted President Bashar al -Assad, according to what was announced on Sunday, the General Authority for Land and Bahr Ports.
On its Facebook account, the authority posted pictures showing a ship carrying wheat, and next to it, white trucks that empty its load.
She indicated that she is carrying “6600 tons of wheat in a move that is an indication of the economic recovery in the country.”
She added that efforts are continuing to secure basic needs and enhance food security “in preparation for the arrival of more vital supplies during the coming period.”
The authorities did not specify the country of registration of the ship or the party from which it was presented, but the photos published by the Naval Authority show the ship (Paula Marina) that carries the Russian flag and left the port of Rostov On without earlier this April, according to the site of the tracker of the specialized ships (Marin Travik).
The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported that the shipment arrived at the port of Lattakia, without further details.
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Previous supplies
A regular periodic supplies of wheat arrived from Russia during the Assad period, according to a former official at the port of Latakia, who preferred not to be identified.
“We received one Russian shipment of wheat at least every month, and Russian supplies stopped since the fall of the regime, and no loads from there were no longer.”
Before the outbreak of the war in 2011, Syria was achieving its self -sufficiency of wheat with the production of 4.1 million tons annually, but with the expansion of the battles, production declined to record levels, and the government of the ousted regime was obliged to import, especially from its ally Russia.
The decline in wheat production and many other groups exacerbated the suffering of the Syrians, who were drained by the conflict for more than 14 years, and the sharp economic collapse, and reflects an increase in the prices of bread and the main commodities in a country that lives more than 90% of its population under the danger of poverty according to the United Nations.
