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Syria, Iran sign multiple agreements

Xinhua, May 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Syria and Iran have signed several agreements on cooperation in electricity, industry, oil, and investment, Syrian state TV reported Tuesday.

The agreements came amid visits here by a number of senior Iranian officials, including Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign affairs adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Rostam Qasemi, chairman of the Iranian-Syrian Economic Relations Development Committee.

Iran has emerged as a staunch ally of Damascus in the long-running conflict gripping Syria.

The recent spate of visits by Iranian officials are seen as Tehran's message that it will continue supporting the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Endit