Board Members of Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce Selected

During a session of the establishment assembly of Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce, the new board members were selected. During the session, which was held at the place of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), Keyvan Kashefi was reinstated as the chairman of the board, iccima.ir reported. On January 20, Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) held a meeting on trade with Syria, Farzad Piltan, the director general of TPO’s Office of Arabian and African Countries, said.

The official said that the meeting was participated by the representatives from related governmental and private organizations seeking to investigate the hurdles in the way of exporting construction materials, plastic products, and minerals to Syria and finding the ways to boost exports to the Syrian market. The participants explored the latest level of trade between Iran and Syria, mentioning the existing barriers, he said, adding that it was decided that the related organizations take necessary follow-up measures to remove the barriers. Iran and Syria have been taking major steps toward expansion of their trade ties. The two sides have exchanged numerous trade delegations in the past months and Iranian private companies are investing in various fields of Syrian economy like providing construction materials especially cement.

In November 2019, the Syrian ambassador to Tehran expressed his country’s readiness for providing facilities to Iranian companies which contribute to Syria’s reconstruction. “The country is fully prepared to provide facilities for Iranian state-run and private companies to participate in reconstruction of Syria and also in other joint venture projects,” Adnan Hassan Mahmoud said. Currently, the ground is paved for the presence of Iranian state-run and private companies to carry out joint ventures across Syria, Mahmoud said. - Iran Daily