Syrian Minister of Industries Heads for Tehran
Az-Za'im was seen off at Damascus' Assad Air Port by Iran's Ambassador to Syria Hossein Sheikholeslam.
Iran's Economic Attaché to Syria Saeid Kouzechi told IRNA in Damascus that az-Za'im during his three day visit is scheduled to pave the ground for the next week official visit of the Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miru.
According to Kouzechi, besides his Iranian counterpart, az-Za'im is scheduled to meet the Minister of Housing and Rural Development Ali Abdolalizadeh, who heads the joint commission of the two countries and to discuss with them the issues of mutual interest, particularly in the fields of mining and industrial activities.
He said that during his stay in Iran, the Syrian minister of industries would visit industrial units in Tehran, Arak, and Tabriz.
Syria's Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Construction, Adham Vanli, too, visited Iran last week to provide partly for the upcoming trip of the high ranking Syrian delegation to Iran.
Vanli, during his five-day visit of Iran held talks with Abdolalizadeh on cooperation with Iran in solving Syria's housing problem, and with Energy Minister Habibollah Bitaraf on methods of providing drinking water pipelines, drainage systems, and irrigation techniques.
Az-Za'im had earlier said in Damascus that Iran is among the topmost priorities of Syria for technical and industrial consultations and cooperation. On probability of constructing a car manufacturing firm jointly with Iran in Syria, az-Za'im said, "there have been offers on the issue by several friendly countries, including one by Iran and one by Egypt, that are being studied currently from various points of the view." Predicting that in near future the consumer markets of the region's different countries would be opened to each other's nations, az-Za'im emphasized, "Syria is therefore after erecting a factory to be able to plan for exports to regional markets."