Damascus - A Tunisian trade delegation on Monday discussed with members of Damascus Chamber of Commerce aspects of economic, trade and investment cooperation.
The two sides discussed the possibility of setting up investment projects by the two countries' businessmen to profit from the two countries' capacities.
Chairman of Damascus Chamber of Commerce Ghassan al-Qalla pointed out to the development of economic relations between the two countries through several agreements and memos of understanding, stressing the necessity of increasing the volume of trade exchange and mutual investments in various fields.
For his part, head of the Tunisian delegation Abdul-Razzaq al-Sehnaji clarified that this visit is to bolster cooperation relations, indicating that the two countries share about 100 agreements in a variety of sectors which necessitates developing the volume of trade exchange and activating industrial cooperation fields.
Damascus Chamber of Commerce said the volume of trade exchange between Syria and Tunisia in 2008 was USD 25,290 million. It developed in 2009 to USD 37,682 million.
By Fadi Allafi .al-Ibrahim
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