Mubarak meets al-Assad in a short visit to Damascus
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/15/2004

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt arrived in Damascus on Sunday for a short visit to Syria. Mubarak was received at Damascus international airport by President Bashar al-Assad. Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara, Information Minister Ahmad al-Hasan and the Egyptian Ambassador in Damascus also received Mubarak.

Later, the two presidents held a meeting at the presidential hall of the airport, then they held a bilateral meeting. Talks during the meeting dealt with the intra-Arab relations, the current situation in the region and the latest developments, particularly in the occupied Palestinian territories and Iraq.

Talks also focused on the Arab situation reform and putting an Arab project that best fits the Arab conditions and the Arab cultural, economic and social characteristics.

Both sides reviewed the proposals and formulas to develop the Arab League and activate the joint Arab action in addition to some issues put on the agenda of the forthcoming Arab Summit scheduled to be held in Tunis at the end of the current month.

The outcomes of the latest Arab Foreign Ministers' meeting and the outcomes of President Mubarak's tour in several European countries were also reviewed.

Both sides agreed to continue consultations and coordination between the two brotherly countries vis-a-vis the critical conditions the region is passing through.

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