The agreement on establishment of brotherly relations between Yerevan and Damascus was signed on April 25, 1997 in Yerevan. The program of cooperation with the administration of the state of Damascus includes the health care sector with its medical institutions, automated topographical information systems, as well as the issue of establishment of joint Armenian-Syrian transportation company for arranging shipment for the following routes:
1. Port of Latakia-Poti-Yerevan
2. Syria-Turkey-Georgia-Armenia.