Prime Minister and Indian Ambassador discuss ways to enhance cooperation between Syria and India
Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Al-Jalali and the Indian Ambassador in Damascus Irshad Ahmed on Thursday discussed ways to enhance relations between the two countries in various fields and to continue cooperation in international forums to serve the issues of the two countries.
Dr. Al-Jalali expressed the Syrian government’s keenness to develop bilateral relations and open new horizons for them in a way that serves the interests of the two friendly peoples and countries, follow up on cooperation files, reactivate joint projects, and study all possibilities to develop cooperation.
Dr. Al-Jalali pointed to the importance of enhancing cooperation in the fields of education, research, agriculture, technology, construction, energy, and air transport and benefiting from Indian expertise in the field of technical institutes, in addition to exchanging exports and bartering goods needed by the markets of the two countries.
For his part, the Indian Ambassador stressed his country’s desire to increase cooperation and joint activities and enhance joint work in the fields of technology, agricultural mechanization, scholarships provided to Syrian students, and training government cadres.
He pointed out that bilateral relations are based on mutual respect between India and Syria and they establish a new phase of cooperation that will benefit both sides.
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