Damascus (IP) - Syrian Prime Minister and the Iranian Ambassador in Damascus discussed the steps taken to implement the joint agreements and cooperation projects and ways to speed up and solving obstacles.

Iran Press/ Middle East: Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous met the Iranian Ambassador in Damascus Mehdi Sobhani and the accompanying delegation on Sunday as the two sides discussed the steps taken at the level of implementing the joint agreements and cooperation projects between the two countries, the stages which they have reached, and means to develop them.

Both sides underlined the importance of enhancing cooperation and joint work in industry, energy, investment, trade, ports, transport, communications, agriculture, pharmaceutical industries, and other cooperation issues.

Two sides also discussed ways of overcoming the obstacles of the implementation of joint projects and speeding up the mutual projects to contribute to facing the unjust economic siege imposed on the two friendly countries and peoples.

During the meeting, talks also tackled the joint projects underway, contributing to increasing production and securing various commodities and basic materials needed by the Syrian market and the rehabilitation of several factories.

Arnous underlined the importance of increasing the cooperation projects between the two friendly countries on all levels, expressing the readiness of the Syrian government to provide all the facilitations to accomplish the joint vital and developmental projects in a way that would contribute to providing more job opportunities and achieve economic development in Syria.

He expressed thanks to the Iranian leadership, government, and people for their standing by the Syrian people in the fight against terrorism.

The Iranian Ambassador, for his part, asserted that his country would continue to provide support for the Syrian people in the face of the unjust sanctions in the stage of reconstruction of the Arab Country.

He highlighted the importance of exerting all possible efforts to upgrade bilateral relations and cooperation to implement all the joint projects that would serve the two friendly countries.

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