SYRIA THREATENS TO ABANDON DOLLAR FOR EURO
(automatic translation from an Italian article)
(AGI) - Damascus, 13 feb. - Syria threatens to abandon the dollar in favor of the euro if the United States will intensify the endorsements against Damascus. According to the official daily paper Ath-Thawra, “all the ministers and the companies of the nation will have to adopting euro instead of the dollar in order to repay the sums due to the foreign parts”. “The euro - the newspaper writes, citing an official notice guaranteed from the government. - will replace the dollar also in contracts of import-export”. In this way Damascus has decided to answer to the pressures of the USA that have accused Syria of being sending of the attack to the premier libanese, Rafiq Hariri. The USA endorsements, in vigor from 2004, prevent to Syria to import produced Americans, made exception for the foods and medicinal ones. (AGI)
(automatic translation from an Italian article)
(AGI) - Damascus, 13 feb. - Syria threatens to abandon the dollar in favor of the euro if the United States will intensify the endorsements against Damascus. According to the official daily paper Ath-Thawra, “all the ministers and the companies of the nation will have to adopting euro instead of the dollar in order to repay the sums due to the foreign parts”. “The euro - the newspaper writes, citing an official notice guaranteed from the government. - will replace the dollar also in contracts of import-export”. In this way Damascus has decided to answer to the pressures of the USA that have accused Syria of being sending of the attack to the premier libanese, Rafiq Hariri. The USA endorsements, in vigor from 2004, prevent to Syria to import produced Americans, made exception for the foods and medicinal ones. (AGI)
