Transport Minister, Eng. Zouhair Khzeim discussed on Wednesday with Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash prospects of bilateral cooperation between Syria and Iran in fields of land, marine and air transportation and railways.
During a meeting held Wednesday in Damascus, the two sides discussed means of framing agreements and memorandums of understandings, and to develop the work, agreed upon within the work of the joint Syrian-Iranian committee, including the tripartite railway link for transporting passengers and goods between Syria, Iraq and Iran via the Shalamcheh-Basra railway to the Syrian seaports and vice versa.
They also discussed the proposal to establish joint transport companies and activate the maritime transport lines between the ports of the two countries
The two sides pointed out to the importance of increasing flights and the facilitations provided to visitors, and the need to activate the transit and freight line as a vital economic pillar for exchanging goods.
They stressed the necessity of constant coordination to confront the challenges and unilateral coercive measures imposed on both countries.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency