DAMASCUS-Ambassador of Belarus in Damascus Aleksandr Ponomarev announced that ten Belarusian companies specialized in manufacturing machinery, food, medical equipment, medicines and chemicals intend to participate in the upcoming 60^th edition of Damascus International Fair, SANA reported.

Speaking to SANA, the ambassador considered the Belarusian companies’ intended participation a “significant opportunity” for them to close contracts with Syrian counterparts and import Syrian agricultural products.

Ponomarev affirmed his country’s willingness to offer expertise in the industrial field so as to contribute to the activation of productive projects and the provision of job opportunities, pointing out that the Syrian-Belarusian Joint Governmental Committee for trade, economic and technical cooperation will be held next September to develop a roadmap to upgrade trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.

DAKAR-An exhibition for Syrian products was held in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, which included various types of goods representing national production known for its quality and competitive value.

According to SANA, this exhibition is a good economic and commercial step as it opens new horizons for Syrian exports in the Senegalese market and its extension to markets of West Africa.

Damascus- Cooperation agreements between Syria and Iran and mechanisms to activate and develop these agreements were the focus of a meeting held on Tuesday between Syrian officials concerned with economic affairs and an Iranian economic delegation visiting Syria.

 The two sides stressed during their meeting at the Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus the need to develop and activate agreements signed between the two countries and put them into a strategic long-term economic agreement act as a comprehensive framework for all conventions to improve economic relations between the two sides.

Damascus-The Chairman of the International Planning and Cooperation Commission, Dr. Imad Sabouni met here on Thursday the Envoy of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, (Bartsets Konstantinovich), the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Daur Kove and members of the accompanying delegation. The two sides discussed ways strengthening ties of cooperation between the two countries to the benefit of the common interest.

Damascus - Chairman of Planning and International Cooperation Authority Imad Sabouni discussed with a senior Abkhazian delegation means of enhancing cooperation of common interest, SANA reported.

The delegation includes the Envoy of the Abkhazian President Beslan Konstantinovich Bartsits, Abkhazian Foreign Minister Daur Kove and the accompanying delegation.

The two sides also discussed ways to improve cooperative relations and the possibility of signing constitutive agreements to form a joint ministerial committee between the two countries during the next phase, which will contribute to framing the bilateral cooperation relations in various domains and ensuring the implementation of the previously signed agreements.