The Iranian foreign minister has said Iran and Syria are on the same front and that the Islamic Republic will continue supporting the Syrian government and people.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held talks with Ali Asghar Khaji, Senior Advisor for Political Affairs to Iran’s Foreign Minister, in Damascus on Tuesday. They have discussed a range of issues including the Astana process, the nuclear talks in Vienna and Russia-Ukraine war.
The senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister underlined that Iran will remain beside the government and people of Syria and that the policy of isolating Syria has failed.
The Syrian economy minister says he recently exchanged views with Iran’s minister of roads and urban development on ways to operationalize the long-term strategic economic cooperation deal inked in 2019.
Iran’s minister of roads and urban development, who is visiting Syria, has called for implementation of existing agreements between the two countries.
Rostam Qassemi says implementing the agreements helps both sides expand their economic ties, which are currently “trivial”. He made the comments during a press conference after meeting Syrian Economy Minister Mohammad Samer al-Khalil.
The head of Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday announced a 90 percent growth in Iran’s exports to Syria during the nine months to December 2021.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has underlined the necessity of launching new joint projects with Iran that would serve the strategic interests of the two nations
Iran has sent a high-ranking economic delegation headed by the minister of roads and urban development to Syria.
Upon the arrival of the delegation in the Syrian capital Damascus, Rostam Qassemi underlined Iran’s determination to forge genuine economic and trade partnerships with Syria.
Iran’s ambassador to Syria has called for the withdrawal of the US military forces from the war-torn country. Syria has repeatedly condemned the US military presence in the country, describing such a deployment as an act of aggression since it does not have any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has condemned Israel’s latest attack against Syria that targeted food and medicine storage places in the port city of Latakia.
The Syrian transportation minister has discussed with a number of Iranian companies areas of closer cooperation in the domain of air and land transport.
Iran’s Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said Tehran is ready to help end the ongoing insecurity in Syria through dialog between Syrian factions.
Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi says Iran and Syria have many regional mutual interests including bilaterally as well as in the region and beyond.
Iran’s ambassador to Syria says Tehran stands ready to provide Damascus with the necessary tools and experience it needs to cope with illegal Western sanctions.
Tehran and Damascus will sign a free trade deal in late November in Syrian capital, according to the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) of Iran. The report says, Iran will also implement trade agreements with Pakistan, Indonesia and Venezuela in the near future.
Upon arriving in Damascus, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Presidential Palace on Saturday to discuss developments in bilateral relations, regional developments and international issues.
The deputy head of Iran’s Ministry of Tourism has said Iran is ready to repair Syria’s historic monuments which were damaged in the war on terrorist groups like Daesh. Ali Asghar Shalbafian said Iran is capable to do that and can share its experience with Syria.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has discussed the situation in Syria with the UN Special Envoy on Syria Geir Pederson during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
