Syria: Talks in Moscow to revive Mideast peace process
Syria-Russia, Politics, 3/15/2006

Foreign Minister Walid al-Muaallem said on Tuesday his talks in Moscow have dealt with means of reviving the just and comprehensive Mideast Peace Process and energizing the Russian role in it.

In a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Muaallem said there is an agreement in the Syrian and Russian viewpoints on the situation in the Palestinian territories and Iraq, noting the need to respect the Palestinian people's will and the need to cooperate with the upcoming Palestinian government as to serve peace interests in the region.

For his part, Lavrov said Syria's ties with Russia are depending on traditions of consolidated friendship, pointing out that he has reviewed with Muaallem the total bilateral relations, voicing at the same time satisfaction that all accords inked during the visit of President Bashar al-Assad with Moscow are successfully under implementation.

He said the main interest when discussing international issues has dealt with adopting additional steps as to fulfill stability in the Middle East. Both ministers said their talks were constructive and positive that revealed identical viewpoints over most of the issues raised.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin has received a message from President Bashar al-Assad over bilateral issues between the two countries and means of boosting them as well situations development in the region.

A session of Syrian-Russian talks was held and underlined Syria's interest in developing the standing ties with Russia saying these ties are characterized by distinguished cooperation. The current political dialogue comes to boost standing discussions between the two leaderships and aim at consolidating bilateral ties and activating Federal Russia's role to revive the comprehensive Mideast peace process as to guarantee security and stability in the region, Muaallem said.

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