Al-Assad confers Iraqi Premier
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/26/2004

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Saturday morning.

Discussions during the meeting dealt with the situation in the region, developments on the Iraqi arena in addition to results of the latest Iraq's neighbouring states Foreign Ministers meeting in Cairo.

Talks also dealt with mechanisms of activating the signed agreements between the two sides in various domains.

President Al-Assad and Allawi stressed the joint "keenness on Iraq's security and stability that positively affects the region in general and Syria and Iraq in particular." Both sides emphasized the importance of resuming the diplomatic relations suspended between the two countries since the beginning of the 1980s.

President al-Assad stressed that Syria will do all it can to help Iraqi people preserve their country's territorial integrity and sovereignty and realize security and progress.

Also on Saturday the Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Saturday described as "comprehensive and to the point" his talks with president Bashar al-Assad. In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Naji Otari, Allawi said " Talks with President al-Assad dealt with important issues pertaining to Syria and Iraq's joint security, causes of the region and with bilateral relations in all domains."

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