First Syrian-Czech Business Forum Opens in Damascus with 14 Czech Companies
The first Syrian-Czech Business Forum opened in Damascus, with 14 Czech companies exploring investment and reconstruction opportunities in industry, water and healthcare.
Damascus, 8 November 2026
The first Syrian-Czech Business Forum opened on Sunday at the Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus, organised by the Syrian-Czech Business Council to explore available investment opportunities and prospects for joint economic and trade cooperation, and ways to strengthen partnership between businesspeople and companies in the two countries, with representatives of the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Czech National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce taking part.
The Czech economic delegation comprises 14 companies specialising in industrial technologies, water management, environmental solutions and healthcare, among other sectors linked to Syria’s reconstruction needs. During the forum, the delegation presented the participating companies’ specialisations, fields of work and expertise, and the opportunities they could open up to strengthen cooperation with the Syrian side and support efforts to rebuild and develop the various economic sectors.
Czech expertise for reconstruction sectors
Amer Darkal, chairman of the Syrian-Czech Business Council, stressed in his opening address the importance of building economic partnerships with friendly countries and drawing on expertise and technology to support the reconstruction phase and get the economy moving, noting that the Czech Republic has advanced expertise in industry, energy, water and infrastructure.
Darkal said the council looks forward to turning the meetings with the Czech side into tangible agreements and projects serving the interests of both countries, calling on Syrian businesspeople to seize this opportunity to build partnerships based on trust and shared interests.
Czech willingness to contribute to rebuilding
For his part, Jan Czarny, head of the Czech economic delegation, affirmed the wish of Czech companies and businesspeople to explore cooperation opportunities and contribute to rebuilding Syria and its economy and to improving Syrians’ living conditions, explaining that Czech interest is not limited to taking part in reconstruction but extends to contributing to the modernisation of Syrian society and economy, supporting innovation and providing opportunities that help improve citizens’ lives.
Czarny noted that the Czech Chamber of Commerce is the largest business organisation in the Czech Republic, representing more than 17,000 companies and over 100 sectoral and industrial associations, and that the delegation includes representatives of a number of Czech companies chosen to match Syria’s urgent needs.
Minister of Economy and Industry Nidal al-Shaar issued a decision on 18 August establishing the Syrian-Czech Business Council on the Syrian side, as part of strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries. The council’s first forum comes less than three months after its formation, in a step that opens the door to a new Czech economic presence in the Syrian market.
Prepared by: Construction & Investment Prime (CIP)