President al-Assad confers with EU envoy on Middle East peace
Syria-European Union, Politics, 4/7/1999

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Tuesday at the Lattakia's presidential palace received European Union Middle East peace process special envoy Miguel Moratinos and members of the accompanying delegation.

Discussions centered on the Middle East peace process, its developments and the conditions the process has reached. Moratinos expressed the EU's desire to continue its utmost and further efforts to maintain the Middle East peace process and to ensure climates for its continuity.

The Syrian president reiterated Syria's positive attitude towards the peace process on the grounds of the Madrid principles and Syrian's incessant call for an effective European role in the process.

In an earlier meeting, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa discussed with the EU envoy developments in the international and regional arenas as well as the current preparations for the convening of the European - Mediterranean conference in Stuttgart to be held in mid-April.

Al-Sharaa put Syria's request in the name of the Arab Mediterranean countries to Moratinos, asking for the invitation of Libya to the conference because the reasons that prevented Libya from attending the conference are no longer applicable as UN suspended sanctions imposed on Libya over the Lockerbie incident.

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