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India-Syria to Raise the Level of Bilateral Trade
New Delhi, January 18, 2008
Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, has
announced that India and Syria have agreed to make concerted
efforts to raise the level of bilateral trade to a respectable
level commensurate with the potential of the two countries.
This was agreed during the first session of the India-Syria
Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) held here during 15-17 January,
2008 where Abdullah Dardari, Deputy Prime Minister for
Economic Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic was also present.
Both sides agreed to enhance cooperation in various sectors
for mutual benefits.
Leaders of both the delegations pressed the need for
greater interaction between the business communities of the
two countries and it was decided that both the countries would
exchange visits of delegation and participate in fairs,
exhibitions and buyer-seller meets. The session was also
attended by Dr. Ghias Barakat, Minister of Higher Education;
Dr. Ahmed Khaled Al-Ali, Minister of Electricity; and Dr.
Tayseer Suleiman Ridawi, Head of State Planning Commission of
the Syrian Arab Republic.
Observing that both the countries were maintaining very
cordial political and economic relations, Kamal Nath informed
that the two countries also shared common views on most of the
multilateral issues. Both the countries also expressed their
keenness to cooperate on all matters of mutual interest and of
interest to the international community.
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