The head of the Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce stressed the need to expand the economic ties between the Iranian and Syrian private sectors.

In the economic and investment meeting of Iranian and Syrian economic activists, which was attended by the Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade of Iran, Ministers of Industry, Economy, and Foreign Trade of Syria and Iranian and Syrian economic activists and producers in Damascus, Keyvan Kashefi considered the most important issue the expansion of economic exchanges between the private sectors of the two countries reminding the difficult path crossed by Syria.

He added: "We have traveled a good path with an appropriate acceleration in the past three years concurrent with reconstruction start in Syria, and today, we firmly declare that we are at the best level of ties between the chambers of commerce of the two countries."

A member of the board of directors of the Iran Chamber added: "We expect to see 100% growth in economic exchanges between the two countries next year."