On President al-Assad's visit to Kuwait
Kuwait-Syria, Politics, 8/15/2001

The London- based al-Hayat daily said on Tuesday that the Kuwaitis are looking forward to the visit to be made by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Kuwait on August 18 in order to get from him a clearer picture about the extent Damascus will proceed in boosting relations with Baghdad.

The paper said that the Kuwaiti mass media were inclined to margin the visit recently held by the Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro to Baghdad and his statement during his meeting with the Iraqi President that any aggression against Iraq is an aggression on Syria.

The paper added that certain Kuwaiti politicians show understanding to the conditions besieging Syria, which led to large closeness strides with Baghdad. Member of the Kuwaiti Ummah council ( Parliament) Abdullah al-Neibari said that Syria is facing challenges from Israel, Turkey and the US besides the internal and economic conditions, noting " I think that Damascus's closeness with Baghdad should be understood within this context."

On the price that Baghdad will get for that and if this will be at the expense of Kuwait and the Gulf, al-Neibari said in his statement to the paper, " for the Iraqi regime any breakthrough of the isolation Iraq lives is a gain for it, but I do not think that Syria will give the Iraqis matters that will violate her obligations towards the Gulf region nor its position towards the Iraqi case.

Al-Neibari added " In Kuwait we have certain demands which are: Iraq to stop threats, to release the prisoners, pay the compensations approved by the UN," He added that Syria supports these demands.

He indicated that the Syrian step towards Iraq is in line with a general Arab attitude towards eliminating the trade sanctions imposed on Iraq.

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