President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received Advisor to the First Vice President of Iran, head of the Committee for Development of Iranian-Syrian Economic Relations Rostam Ghasemi, and the accompanying delegation.

Talks during the meeting focused on recent achievements in the field of economic relations between Syria and Iran and the steps being taken to strengthen these relations, with emphasis in building upon what has already been achieved in terms of economic cooperation and improve it in all vital fields.

The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Ismael Ismael, Economy and Foreign Trade Minister Humam al-Jazaeri, Secretary of the Cabinet Taisir al-Zoubi, the Iranian Ambassador in Damascus, and the Syrian Ambassador in Tehran.

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