“Syrian Reconstruction … Opportunities and Investments” conference held in Tehran

With the participation of 150 Iranian companies, the “Syrian Reconstruction – Opportunities and Investments” conference was held on Sunday in the capital, Tehran, in cooperation between the Iranian Export Organization, the Syrian Embassy in Iran and Syrian businessmen.

The conference aimed  to introduce opportunities to enter Syrian markets, procedures for entering technical and engineering services companies, rebuild factories, supply goods, and identify the investment potentials that exist in Syria, in addition to introducing Syrian products, mechanisms for exporting them to Iran, and ways to remove export obstacles, especially with the presence of administrative and legal facilities and procedures undertaken by the Syrian government.

The Syrian Ambassador to Tehran, Dr. Shafiq Dayyoub , stressed in a speech during the conference the importance of developing joint cooperation in all fields, holding specialized exhibitions, and achieving real, qualitative, purposeful partnerships  to achieve the common interest of the two countries and the two friendly peoples.

“Syria and Iran are facing unjust and illegal sanctions, but they must not become an obstacle to expanding economic relations between the two countries. Rather, we must draw inspiration from them as a motive for joint cooperation in order to thwart the enemies’ efforts aimed at Preventing the development of our relations”. Dayyoub said.

The Syrian ambassador pointed out that there are Syrian facilities and many incentives to facilitate investment and production processes, and that Iranian companies can benefit from this, referring to the importance of the private sector in completing joint production and investment projects, in addition to the importance of holding mutual exhibitions in the two countries to introduce products and facilitate the flow of goods.

For his part, Director General of the West Asia Office of the Iranian Trade Development Organization, Abdul Amir Rabahawi, pointed to the importance of Syria and the Syrian market in the region and the desire of Iranian companies and Iranian businessmen to work and invest in it in various fields.

In turn, Director of the Syria Office in the West Asia Department of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shah Hosseini, confirmed that the opportunity is available for Iranian companies to learn about the needs of the Syrian market and to work jointly with Syrian companies and sectors to raise the level of economic and commercial cooperation.

Representatives of government agencies, the secretariat of the joint committee between the two countries, members of the Joint Iranian-Syrian Chamber of Commerce, some members of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce from the Syrian side, and representatives of 150 Iranian companies participated in the conference.

Rawaa Ghanam