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Elected President Bashar al-Assad takes his constitutional oath today ( Monday) at the People's Assembly (PA), as an embodiment of his constitutional term by virtue of Article 90 of the constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. The new president will deliver a speech after the taking oath ceremony dealing with domestic issues. He will also cover in his speech Arab and foreign issues. Go

Egyptian Presidential Advisor for Political Affairs, Osama al Baz expected the Camp David Trilateral Summit achieve some progress on negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides on certain the issues not including issues of refugees and water. Al-Baz said the success of the Camp David Summit depends on serious involvement on the part of the United States for achieving a just and lasting peace. At his meeting with Cairo University top officials, Baz said land- for- peace formula is the basis on which negotiations have been going on between Palestinians and Israelis since Madrid Conference. He said Israeli side should be aware of this concept so that a just peace may be achieved and Israelis may keep away from equivocation. Go

Gulf sources assured that officials from the foreign ministries in the Gulf Cooperation Council states and the U.S State department will convene for two days in Washington on July 27 at the level of the assistant foreign ministers with their U.S counterparts. The sources added that the meeting will tackle the development of the Iranian - gulf relations and the status in Iraq as well as the peace process. Go

The al-Sharq radio correspondent in Damascus on Sunday reported that Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz will visit Damascus tomorrow in an official visit aiming, besides offering congratulations to the Syrian leader lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad, drawing conceptions and future programs for the future of the firm fraternal and cooperation relations between Syria and Saudi Arabia. Go

The assistant director general of the Israeli foreign ministry, who is in charge of the African affairs Ibrahim Tolido said in a press conference in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday that the decision taken by the 36th Summit of the Organization of African Unity OAU held in Lome on July 10 through 12 on the cause of Palestine, which usually criticizes Israel, has not in this recent meeting adopted a decision condemning the freezing of Israeli- Palestinian negotiations. Go

All and various Palestinian groups and figures have called on the negotiating Palestinian delegation with Israel in Camp David not to give up the Palestinian rights stated by the international legitimacy and UN resolutions. Go

The spokesman for the Vatican Jawakin Navaro Fals has announced on Sunday that Pope John Paul II hopes to head for Greece and Syria, but no certain projects he has to this effect. AFP quoted Navaro Fals as saying that the Pope thinks and hopes to head to Syria and Greece to walk on Athens the same foot-step of Saint Paul, but nothing has been decided yet, SANA reported. Go

Eritrea's minister of commerce and industry Ali al-Sayed Abdullah arrived in Jordan on Sunday in a visit which will last for several days during which he meets with the Jordanian King Abdullah II and several high ranking Jordanian officials. Go

Chairman of the higher Shiite Islamic council in Lebanon Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Shams eddine on Sunday left the American University hospital in Beirut. Sheikh Shams eddine was admitted to the said hospital just two weeks ago to undergo a surgery. Go

Newly appointed ambassador of Guinea to Morocco, Sylla Mamadou Saliou, handed copies of his credentials to Moroccan secretary of state for foreign affairs, Taieb fassi Fihri, at a meeting here last week. Go

An international seminar on Amazigh history will be held this July 21-23 in Agadir (southern Morocco). Initiated by the Association of Agadir summer university, the meeting will gather some thirty participants from universities of Morocco, Algeria, France, Netherlands,the Canary islands, Germany and Mali. Go

The Francophone research prize for 1999, named Mohammed El Fassi prize, was shared between Moroccan Hassan Chlyah and French Emmanuel Picard. Go