date:Sep 24, 2013
ar, wheat and rice in international tenders using funds frozen abroad, in vain. One of the reasons cited by traders was a failure to secure permission from governments to free the funds.
Permits issued by the French authorities have been declared to the member states of the European Union and the Commission, the spokeswoman told Reuters by email.
The export of food commodities under these authorisations may be financed through frozen funds of Syrian banks affected by European Union sanctions,