Syria Central Bank Chief Meets Hemmati

Central bank governors of Iran and Syria on Monday discussed bilateral banking issues and prospects for setting-up a joint bank to facilitate financial ties. 
The two sides reviewed banking agreements between the two nations signed in the recent past and exchanged views on how best to put them into operation. 
Conferring with his Syrian counterpart, Hazem Karfoul, in Tehran, governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati emphasized that expansion of banking relations has CBI support.