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*Iran, Syria sign industrial MoU* Iran's Acting Mines and Industries Minister and Syrian Industries Minister here Wednesday night signed an MoU at the end of two countries' Joint Industrial Committee. According to IRNA correspondent in Damascus, Ali-Akbar Mehrabian signed the memorandum of undemanding on the part of Iran and Fouad Isa al-Jouni signed it on the part of Syria. In accordance with the MOU, the two countries' industrialists would have a joint gathering to survey the perspective of bilateral cooperation in February 2008, simultaneous with holding the Expert level Industrial Exhibition of Iran in Syria. Syria, too, is going to hold a similar industrial exhibition in Iran, and the interval between the two economic events would be six months. Iran has agreed to establish joint factories in Homs, Syria for production of passenger cars, busses, and trailers, as well as chemical fertilizes. The Iranian firm Kaveh Glass, too, has accepted to immediately begin construction of a glass manufacturing unit, Iran's Arta Wheel Tire Company has accepted to reconstruct Syria's Avamia Tire Factory, Iran's Firouzkouh Company has agreed to cooperate with Syrian firms in production of car paint, medicines, and diary product, and Iran's Zam Zam and Behnoush companies have agreed to produce soft drinks and non alcoholic beer in Syria. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
