Damascus-Sana
The work of the Syrian-Iranian economic forum held this afternoon at the Iran Trade Center in the Damascus Free Zone focused on discussing developing trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries and activating the role of the private sector to establish joint commercial and industrial investment projects.
President of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce Muhammad Abu Al-Hoda Al-Lahham stated that the opportunities for future economic and commercial cooperation between Syria and Iran require more work and mutual visits, pointing out that there are many facilities that take their actual course, which heralds the development of economic relations between the two countries and upgrading them to the level of existing political relations.
For his part, the head of the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce, Amer Hamwi, pointed out that there are promising investment opportunities in Syria for Iranian companies, especially in the industrial field, and the rehabilitation of destroyed companies in addition to the fields of energy and clean energy, calling for action to reduce customs duties on products exchanged between the two countries.
In turn, the head of the Iran Trade Center for Trade in Damascus Asghar Mirzai said that the launch of work in this center at the end of last year contributed to strengthening investment and trade relations between the two countries, developing intra-trade and opening cooperation relations between Syrian and Iranian companies.
For his part, the President of the Joint Syrian-Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Kiwan Kashfi, called for activating the role of the commercial and productive private sector of the two countries in consolidating joint Syrian-Iranian economic cooperation and for the chambers to take their role to make changes in the level of economic cooperation in the future.
Secretary of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Mohammad Reza Mulla Ramadhani, affirmed the chamber’s keenness to strengthen and enhance economic cooperation with Syria, launch initiatives and partnerships, and everything that would promote this cooperation.
For his part, the Iranian ambassador in Damascus, Jawad Turkabadi, drew attention to Iran's keenness to strengthen economic cooperation with Syria, pointing to the importance of this forum in opening new doors for cooperation and the importance of free zones to open investment doors for businessmen in the two countries.