date:Sep 24, 2013
she added, but did not say when the permission was granted.
The move by a European government to free Syria's frozen funds removes a political hurdle to much needed food purchases, although traders say Damascus' recent failures to buy food in public tenders may be more related to its tender terms.
They say Syria's attempts to buy food using frozen funds had been unsuccessful because it was still imposing the same purchasing conditions as in normal times with huge penalty payments if they were