Tehran-Sana
Mohammad Sadeq Muftah, Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Minerals of Iran, stressed the importance of holding a forum on “Developing Syrian-Iranian Economic and Trade Relations” in Tehran, with the participation of the Syrian and Iranian private sector and Syrian and Iranian economic activists.
Sadeq Mofteh said during his meeting today with the delegation of Syrian businessmen participating in the forum that this forum will open new horizons of joint cooperation between the two sides, stressing the willingness of the Iranian side to cooperate with the Syrian side in various fields of trade, industry, agriculture, transportation, banking transactions and joint investments.
For his part, the Syrian ambassador in Tehran, Dr. Shafiq Diop, confirmed that the presence of the Syrian delegation in Tehran, which includes a large number of businessmen and investors from the private sector in various commercial, industrial, agricultural, productive and other sectors, indicates the desire to reach practical results on the ground that meet the requirements of the current stage. witnessed in the region and the world.
On the sidelines of the forum, Director General of the General Organization for Free Zones, Iyad Al-Koussa, discussed with his Iranian counterpart, Dr. Saeed Muhammad, ways to benefit from the experiences of the free zones work in the two countries and to attract Iranian investments to work in the free zones, whether in the commercial or industrial fields.
The Iranian side put forward the preparation of a draft memorandum of understanding in the field of free zone work, which will be studied by the Syrian side in preparation for signing it during the meeting of the Syrian-Iranian Higher Economic Committee.
Fahd Darwish, head of the Supreme Committee for Investors in Syrian Free Zones, called for holding exhibitions in some Iranian cities and forums to familiarize investors with the advantages of investing in the Syrian and Iranian free zones and exchanging these advantages between both countries. Businesses and industrialists, especially the port area in Lattakia and Tartous, which is a transit station to which goods are shipped and goods are re-exported.
Dr. Muhammad Kashto, President of the Federation of Chambers of Agriculture in Syria, and Mohsen Amini, Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce discussed proposals for implementing the joint plan to develop the agricultural sector in the two countries. Food and said that the world is facing a food crisis, but Iran and Syria are producer countries for most of the food needs, and it was agreed to establish joint agricultural partnerships between the two countries and to exchange experiences in all agricultural activities. Shared in the agricultural sector to serve food security.
On the sidelines of the forum, the Director-General of the General Organization for International Exhibitions and Markets, Ghassan Fakhani, met with the Director-General of the Iranian Company for Exhibitions, Hassan Zamani, and ways to increase cooperation and coordination between the General Organization for Exhibitions and International Markets in the Syrian Arab Republic and the Iranian Company for Exhibitions were discussed by increasing participation in specialized exhibitions in both The two countries will increase the spaces and the number of Iranian companies in the next session of the Damascus International Fair.
He also met the Director General of the Syrian Trade Corporation Ziad Hazaa, an Iranian company specialized in foodstuffs with the aim of securing food commodities that are not available in the Syrian market to meet the needs of the halls of the Syrian Trade Corporation.
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