Damascus, SANA- Minister of Economy and Industry, Muhammad Nidal al-Shaar, discussed Thursday, with the Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat, a number of representatives from ministries, representatives of chambers of commerce and industry, and a number of businessmen from Syria and Turkey, ways to enhance economic cooperation between the two countries.

During a dialogue meeting held at Sheraton Hotel in Damascus, a number of Syrian and Turkish industrialists and traders raised the obstacles and impediments to trade cooperation between the two sides, and discussed future visions for developing them.

Minister al-Shaar presented the government’s vision and approach to a free-market economy, promoting local industry, and protecting local products, while preserving the common interests of the two countries and working to remove all obstacles.

Minister Bolat affirmed that Turkey was striving to lift the sanctions imposed on Syria in order to accelerate the economy and development in all areas, to ensure growth and prosperity in the new, free Syria.

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