President of Syria Bashar Assad has praised the signing of a military-technical cooperation memorandum with Ira, Mehr reports.

During a meeting with Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Syrian president expressed satisfaction with the results of the bilateral meetings between the officials of both countries and the signing of a memorandum on military-technical cooperation.

According to him, the memorandum shows the level of strategic ties between Iran and Syria and serves as a result of the joint efforts that the countries have been making in the fight against terrorism in Syria for many years.

In his turn, Bagheri emphasized the importance of continuity of strengthening of the bilateral ties in all sectors and declared that this is in the interest of both countries.