Iran will build several power plants in Syria within the framework of a memorandum on economic cooperation with Damascus, the construction of first power plant will start in Latakia on Tuesday, Iran's First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said Monday
DAMASCUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th January, 2019) Iran will build several power plants in Syria within the framework of a memorandum on economic cooperation with Damascus, the construction of first power plant will start in Latakia on Tuesday, Iran's First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said Monday.The 14th meeting of the joint Iran-Syria intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation was held in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier in the day. The parties signed a memorandum on long-term economic cooperation.
"We signed a contract on cooperation in the construction and reconstruction of several power plants in Syria. The foundation stone for the first such plant will be laid tomorrow in Latakia," Jahangiri said at a news conference following the meeting.
