12/01/2010 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called for additional consultations among regional states to devise ways to counter the plots of foreign powers. During a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Damascus on Monday, Assad said that any cooperation between Iran and Syria could be “constructive” for efforts to resolve the problems facing the region.
Mottaki said, “The presence of foreign forces, and the plots of the [major] powers” are the main causes of the current crises in the region.
The Iranian news agency Mehr reported that Assad and Mottaki discussed Israeli terrorist actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the relations between Tehran and Damascus, which the Iranian foreign minister described as "strategic, close, long-term and deep." Mottaki even passed on warm greetings to Assad from Ahmadinejad, and asserted that support from Iran and Syria for those opposing Israel is a "moral and human duty."
They also emphasized the “importance of reunifying Palestinians' ranks” in the face of the hostile policies of Israel. Assad and Mottaki called for “intensified international efforts to lift the siege of Gaza” that is oppressing 1.5 million Palestinians.
Commenting on the situation in Iraq, they said the Iraqi elections, due in early March, will be the starting point for establishing the stability and security of Iraq and the unity of the Iraqi people.
The Iranian foreign minister described his meeting with Assad as comprehensive and constructive. He said the two countries have agreed to deepen cooperation in the economic and industrial spheres. Tehran and Damascus will soon exchange documents to wave visa requirements for citizens of the two countries, he added.
During his one-day visit to Damascus, Mottaki also met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Secretary General Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, and Hezbollah official Haj Hussein Khalil. Mottaki urged the Palestinians to continue their struggle “against the Zionist occupier,” which he said is their legal and religious right. Mottaki expressed relief over the formation of the Lebanese unity cabinet and said Tehran and Damascus backed the Lebanese government.
12/01/2010 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to travel to Riyadh on Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah, who paid a landmark visit to Damascus last October, Saudi Arabia's official news agency SPA said.
The visit on Wednesday comes amid stepped-up efforts by Riyadh to build Arab unity around the Palestinians ahead of a possible resumption of peace talks with Israel.
Damascus-Riyadh ties were severely strained for years, partly over Syria's role in Lebanon and its support for Hezbollah, before a thaw marked by King Abdullah's trip to Damascus. But the two countries still differ over Lebanese politics, over the Palestinian division between the Hamas and Fatah factions, and Iran's role in the region, according to diplomats and analysts.
Read half the story in Mollistine, with a shitty comment
Marching to the Empire's Orders....Syria's Assad to Visit Saudi Arabia
Al-Manar"12/01/2010 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to travel to Riyadh on Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah, who paid a landmark visit to Damascus last October, Saudi Arabia's official news agency SPA said.
The visit on Wednesday comes amid stepped-up efforts by Riyadh to build Arab unity around the Palestinians ahead of a possible resumption of peace talks with Israel. [providing the Arab fig leaf to the Palestinian traitor to "resume negotiations." Next will come an "emergency" meeting of Arab eunuchs, AKA Arab foreign ministers, ....How many times have we seen this old and boring film? ....Barf!!.....This is "Arab unity" in surrender and defeat.] Thus Tony farted
Damascus-Riyadh ties were severely strained for years, partly over Syria's role in Lebanon and its support for Hezbollah, before a thaw marked by King Abdullah's trip to Damascus. But the two countries still differ over Lebanese politics, over the Palestinian division between the Hamas and Fatah factions, and Iran's role in the region, according to diplomats and analysts."
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