Mapna issued a statement on Sunday, but without directly mentioning the Reuters report, which was released a day earlier, it said the claims filed in the report were “ambiguous and in some cases wrong.”
The company said it had completed three phases of a massive power plant in Latakia, Syria, and nearly completed its fourth and final phase when the project was stopped last December due to the collapse of the Syrian government.
The project, carried out by the Syrian group, rejected the claim that it lacked transparency, particularly regarding funding issues, saying the project was based on official contracts signed within the legal framework of both countries.
Mapna added that Syria has fully resolved payments for the completed project to Mapna under the former government, and partial payments have also been made for projects that were executed before the December event was rolled out.
The company also rejected the allegations that it used both Iranian and Syrian unattainable workers and contractors on Arab countries’ projects, saying its policy is always to hire from the Syrian workforce and transfer expertise and technical know-how to local people.
Mapuna added that it entered the Syrian market in 2008, three years before the war began in the Arab countries, and that projects carried out by the group were responsible for more than 50% of Syria’s electricity supply.
MNA