Syrian-Iranian Economic Forum focuses on discussing the development of economic and investment cooperation

Damascus (ST): The  Syrian-Iranian Economic Forum, which was held at the Iran Trade Center in the Damascus Free Zone, focused on discussing the development of 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 Mohammad Abu Al-Huda 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 for Iranian companies in Syria, especially in the industrial field, and the rehabilitation of destroyed companies in addition to the fields of energy and clean energy, calling for reducing customs duties on products exchanged between the two countries.

In turn, the head of the Iran Trade Center in Damascus Asghar Mirza’i 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 inter-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 private sector in 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.

The Iranian ambassador in Damascus Jawad Turkabadi stressed   Iran’s keenness to strengthen economic cooperation with Syria, referring to the importance of this forum in opening new horizons for cooperation and the importance of free zones to open investment doors for businessmen in the two countries.

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