Iran’s president hails his visit to Damascus as a “turning point,” after Tehran’s support helped Syria retake most of the territory it lost in 12 years of war.
Ebrahim Raisi’s two-day trip is the first such visit to Tehran’s close ally since 2010, and gives Iran a leading role as Syrian President Bashar Assad seeks to focus on reconstruction, despite Western sanctions on both countries.
“This trip will be a turning point in Iran-Syria relations and will have an effect on the region and the trade and economic relations of the two countries,” Raisi says during an event for businessmen.
“In no way do we consider the level of economic activity between Iran and Syria to be proportional to the level of political relations between the two countries,” Raisi says. “We believe that there should be a leap forward in commercial relations.”
Raisi says Iran and Syria signed 15 “cooperation documents” which would allow “both countries to open a new chapter in economic relations.”
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