Iran, Syria Weigh Plan to Bolster Ties in ICT Field


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Officials from Iran and Syria discussed developing relations in the field of communications and information technology (ICT).

In a meeting held between Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Issa Zarepour and Syria’s Communications and Technology Minister Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib in Tehran on Monday, the two sides explored avenues for the expansion of bilateral relations in the field of ICT.

During the meeting, the two ministers mulled over the agreements reached between the two countries in the field of joint cooperation in the ICT sector, emphasizing the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (Mou) inked between the ICT ministers of the two countries following a visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Syria in May.

Increasing cooperation between Tehran and Damascus in the fields of platform, e-government and space industry were among the other topics discussed between the two sides.