King Abdullah, Sharaa discuss key issues
Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 3/25/2006

Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday on the second leg of his trip to the region. He visited Egypt on Thursday.

Sharaa delivered a letter from President Bashar Assad to King Abdullah. He also met with crown prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, and foreign minister prince Saud Al-Faisal.

According to a Syrian source, Sharaa held talks with the Saudi leadership on several issues, mainly the developments in the region including the situation in Iraq and Palestine and on preparations for the upcoming Arab summit in Khartoum.

Sharaa discussed with the Saudi leadership ways to develop bilateral relations in all aspects.

The vice president confirmed Syria's commitment to developing Arab cooperation in all fields, said Syrian Ambassador to the Kingdom Ahmed Nizamuldeen.

He said the vice president briefed the Saudi leadership on recent events in Syrian-Lebanese relations and said Sharaa's visit to the Kingdom was part of the vice presidents agenda to hold talks with Arab leaders on general developments in the region.

Nizamuldeen said "the outcome of the investigation (Rafiq Hal-Hariri probe) concerns us like another country, which is that the truth appears... the security of Lebanon is the security of Syria, and vice versa."

Sharaa said that details of the UN's call for the establishment of a mixed international tribunal to prosecute those behind the assassination of Hariri was not of interest to him, saying that commenting on such a subject was too early.

He also said that all of the agendas in the national dialogue meeting held in Beirut on Thursday is an internal matter for the Lebanese people.

These are internal discussions between them, not between Syria and Lebanon, he said, adding that Syria should not be held responsible if the dialogue failed.

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