Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday hailed the economic cooperation deals between his country and Iran as a strong economic base.
He said the cooperation would face “the economic war launched by the West,’’ according to the state news agency SANA.
Assad made the remarks during his meeting with Eshaq Jahangiri, the first Vice President of Iran, who arrived in Damascus a day earlier and signed economic cooperation deals with Syria.
The Syrian president said the signed agreements hold a strategic dimension and constitute a solid economic base for Syria and Iran to face the economic war launched by the western countries.
Assad also underlined the need to intensify the mutual efforts at this phase to strip the western countries from any reason to weaken Iran and Syria.
The president noted that the economic war on both countries comes following the failure of the western powers to impose their will on Syria through supporting terrorism.
For his part, Jahangiri said his country, which stood by Syria’s side in the war on terror, will be with Syria in the reconstruction process.