Qaddoumi: Syrian- Palestinian relations are improving
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 4/16/2001

The chairman of the PLO political department Farouk al-Qaddoumi has stressed that Syrian- Palestinian relations have attained strides forward to the better.

In an exclusive statement to the Jordanian daily al-Rai issued on Saturday, al-Qaddoumi added that the summit to be held between President al-Assad and Arafat which will be held in the second half of this month will discuss what has been so far made on the Arab tracks and to draw future prospects for the work of the two sides, regarding negotiations or other measures.

Worthy mentioning Arafat will send a delegation to Syria very soon to prepare for hi visit to Damascus.

Al-Qaddoumi noted that the Palestinian Intifada was among the main reasons which had brought together political stances between Syria and the Palestinian Authority.

He also stressed that Syria's meeting with the Palestinian Authority is a strategic one and that an evidence on that the " point of difference was eliminated by the elimination of Oslo agreement which was foiled by the rulers of Israel by not implementing what they had signed of agreements."

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