Britain voices backing to M.E. peace process

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Sunday discussed with British minister of state at the foreign and commonwealth office latest developments in the ME, the deadlocked peace process and the role that can be played by the UK and Europe to boost peace talks. The two sides also discussed Syrian- British relations and means of developing them.

In a statement he made following the meeting with al-Shara the British minister expressed his government's keenness to develop bilateral relations between Syria and Britain in the economic, political and cultural areas. He described his talks with al-Shara, as " Practical," expressing "his hope that all talks between Syria and the UK to be successful."

Meantime, the Prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro and the minister of the economy and foreign trade Muhammad al-Imadi met wit Hain and discussions dealt with ways and means of reactivating the works of the Syrian- British joint committee on scientific and technical cooperation.

In a meeting with the minister of state for foreign affairs Nasser Qaddour at the British Club in Damascus, the British minister welcomed Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon in line with UN security council resolution 425. He said that Britain will exert every possible efforts needed to help the parties in the region reaching peace on the ground of UN Security Council resolutions 242, 338 and 425.