Ambassador Dioub presents to an Iranian delegation the priority projects for investment in Syria
On April 10th, Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Dr. Shafiq Dioub discussed with a delegation that includes representatives of various Iranian commercial, industrial and craft sectors ways to enhance and develop economic, commercial and investment cooperation between the two countries.
During his meeting with the delegation at the embassy in Tehran, Ambassador Dioub stressed the importance of benefiting from the new investment law No. 18 of 2021, which aims to create an attractive and suitable investment environment for Arab and foreign investors.
The Ambassador said that this law provides many exemptions and benefits for investors and constitutes an important opportunity for Iranian businessmen and investors.
He presented the investment map prepared by the Syrian Investment Commission, which included priority projects for investment in all Syrian governorates, calling for viewing and benefiting from them. Ambassador Dioub stressed the importance of establishing joint companies between the two sides and enhancing the role of the private sector to serve the interests of the two friendly countries in the economic and commercial fields, and cooperation in establishing IT and technology companies, and searching for suitable alternatives to overcome the effects of the unilateral and illegal coercive sanctions imposed on Syria and Iran.
Ambassador Dioub stressed the importance to enhance economic and trade relations to rise to the level of the existing strategic political relations between the two countries, and working to establish reciprocal exhibitions between the two countries in a way that contributes to introducing their citizens to the products and commodities produced in each country.
Ambassador Dioub called on Iranian companies and businessmen to participate in the third conference for the reconstruction of Syria, entitled “Investment Prospects and Visions,” to be held in Damascus next May.
The Iranian delegation stressed the importance of cooperation with Syria in various economic, medical, industrial, technological and IT fields.
The delegation called for addressing all technical issues in a way that contributes to strengthening relations between the two countries.
The meeting was attended by the Iranian side, Vice-President of the Iranian-African Joint Chamber of Commerce Mirzadeh Brahman, Amir Soleimani, the economic assistant for solar energy affairs in the chamber, Mr. Shojaei, the chamber’s economic assistant for pharmaceuticals and raw materials for the textile industries, Eng. Shahidi, the economic advisor in the field of agricultural production in the chamber, and Jaafar Beki, the chamber’s resident delegate in Syria, Jawad Islami from the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Muhammad Afshari, the economic advisor at the Iran Chamber of Commerce, and Gholam Reza Hassanpour, head of the Iranian Trade Committee.
From the Syrian Embassy, Dr. Muhammad Tawfiq Abu Gallon, Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Ambassador and Economic Adviser Ali Khamis, attended the meeting.
O. al-Mohammad