Syria - Sweden for boosting bilateral Cooperation

Syria and Sweden discussed on Sunday means of boosting the bilateral cooperation relations and activating the agreements signed between them in the different fields of transport.

During their meeting, Transport Minister Makram Obied and members of the technical delegation of Swedish Agency for International Cooperation headed by Chairman of Department of the Technical Cooperation for Economic Affairs and Infrastructure, Rolfe Voleksen, also discussed issues of modernizing the land transport agreement, possibility of increasing number of flights between Syria and Sweden, activation of Syria flights to the other Scandinavian states passing by Stockholm, as well as signing a number of commercial agreements in transport field.

Obeid emphasized the ministry's care to develop its relation with the agency and to benefit from the Swedish developed expertise in the different sectors of transport.

The Swedish delegation, showed readiness to organize training courses and present the necessary expertise indicating the importance to revive agreements of the joint cooperation in a way that positively affects the existing relations between the two countries.