Syrian FM confers with Lebanese Parliament speaker

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Sunday in Damascus received Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

Talks dealt with results of the meeting of the Arab Parliamentary Union recently held in Algiers and the decisions taken in support of Lebanon.

The two sides also discussed current preparations to convene the conference of the council of Arab foreign ministers on March 11 and 12 in Beirut.

Earlier in the day, al-Shara received a telephone call from the political advisor to the Egyptian president, Osama El-Baz. They discussed several Arab issues of mutual concern.