Iran’s ambassador confers with Syrian petroleum minister

Iranian companies boast of unique capabilities in the field of implementing oil and gas projects,Torkabad told the Syrian minister.

He also reaffirmed Terhan’s all-out support for Damascus.

Ghanem, for his part, described mutual cooperation between the two countries and participation of the Iranian companies in the Syrian exploration and extraction projects as significant, saying that the existing collaboration is in line with the two countries’ mutual interests.

Since 2011, Syria has been the scene of a deadly war which has left hundreds of thousands of Syrians dead and half of the country's population of about 23 million displaced within or beyond its borders.

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