Syrian- Iranian business forum opened

Syria's Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Miro, and Iranian Vice President Mohammed Riza Aref opened yesterday in Tehran the Iranian Syrian Businessmen Forum.

Miro addressed the forum by stressing the strong brotherly relations between the two countries. He called on for boosting bilateral trade exchange between the two countries.

For his part, the Iranian vice president stressed the care of his country to raise the level of bilateral economic and trade relations to highest possible level.

He expressed his country's readiness to extend all forms of support and technical expertise to Syria and to embark on investment projects in Syria.

The forum then continued to discuss prospects of economic, trade and industrial prospects.