Al-Assad - Khatami talks in Syria
Syria-Iran, Politics, 5/16/2003

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad welcomed President of Iran Mohammed Khatami upon his arrival in the People's Palace in Damascus on Wednesday.

The two leaders on Thursday resumed discussions which they have started on Wednesday. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and the situation in the region. President Khatami stressed that Iran and Syria are concerned with the developments in the region and the situation in Iraq. Therefore, coordination, consultation and cooperation between them is important and necessary.

President Khatami highly valued Syria's stances that cling fast to stands and principles and which are open to the developments of the situation in the region, its security and stability.

For his part, the president warmly welcomed President Khatami in Damascus, praising the Syrian-Iranian relations and the cooperation which preceded the occupation of Iraq, the importance of cooperation today for the sake of maintaining the territorial integrity of Iraq and finding a just and comprehensive settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict and establishing peace in the Middle East region.

The two leaders have agreed that the only peace which could be viable -- "a peace which is based on justice and which guarantees people's rights, freedom and dignity."

The Iranian President is accompanied by an official delegation comprising the Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, the Housing Minister Abdul Ali Zada, the Director of the President's Office Ali Khatami, the Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammed Ali Abtahi, the Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Sadr, the Consultant of the Presidency's International Relations Abul Qassem, the Foreign Ministry's General Director Mohammed Ali Sobhani and Sheikul Islam.

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