Syria Prioritizing Iranian Companies in Reconstruction Projects

"Incentive packages have been considered for the Iranian companies in development projects of Syria," Khamis said in a meeting with members of a visiting Iranian parliamentary delegation in Damascus on Thursday night.

The Syrian prime minister expressed his special thanks to the unsparing support of the Iranian government and people for Syria in fighting against terrorism and termed the victories in Syria as a great achievement for the resistance movement.

He laid special emphasis on the participation of Iranian companies in economic activities and reconstruction projects of Syria.

In a relevant development in November, Iran and Syria signed a contract in the field of electricity industry worth over one million dollar to restore power plants and produce electricity in Syria.

"Considering the capabilities of Iran in the electricity industry, Tehran and Damascus have signed a 1.2-billion-dollar contract to produce electricity in Syria," Syrian Electricity Minister Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli said on Monday.

He underlined that the Iranian companies have high technology in the field of electricity, and said, "The civil war has caused the destruction of Syria's infrastructure and more than 50 percent of the country's electricity systems have been destroyed, but Damascus is trying to restore them with the help of Russia and Iran."

In relevant remarks in early September, Caretaker of the Iranian Energy Ministry Sattar Mahmoudi announced that Tehran and Damascus have inked several agreements to reconstruct Syria's power lines and power plants.

"Most of these contracts are related to the reconstruction of electricity equipment, power plants and transmission lines so that we can provide better services to the Syrian clients," Mahmoudi said after a meeting with Syria's electricity minister.

Kharboutli, for his part, underscored the Iranian companies' good capabilities for providing power plant systems and equipment, and expressed the hope that these capabilities would be used for the reconstruction of his country.