Damascus buzz with political activities

On Sunday Syria's President al-Assad received telephone calls from Presidents Clinton, Chirac and Putin. And he received a message from Mubarak. On Monday President al-Assad received a message from the Jordanian King Abdullah and another call from President Mubarak and met with the Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov and at the same time he continued his talks with the Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi.

All these political activities were made to end the Israeli aggressions and flagrant threats addressed to Syria and Lebanon as well as Israel's brutal escalation against the Palestinian people as a whole.

President Bashar al-Assad and Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi resumed their talks on Monday at the Damascus al-Shaab palace.

On the Syrian side, the meeting was attended by vice- President Abdul Halim Khaddam, vice President Muhammad Zuheir Masharqa, the prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro, the minister of state for foreign affairs Naser Qaddour, the information minister Adnan Omran and the minister for presidential affairs Haitham Dweihi.

On the Libyan side the meeting was attended by the delegation accompanying President Qaddafi. The talks dealt with matters relating to the general condition in the region and on the Arab arena, and Israel's escalation of tension and the aggressive acts against the Palestinian people and holy sites and tasks and missions assigned to the Arab nation in the current conditions. Talks also dealt with bilateral relations between the two states.

President al-Assad also visited his guest ( al-Qaddafi) at his residence at al-Shaab palace and held with him a closed door meeting.

Later in the day President al-Assad received a telephone call from President Mubarak of Egypt and discussed with him recent developments in the region and current developments concerning them and the situation on the Arab arena.

Earlier in the morning President al-Assad received at al-Shaab palace the Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov, who conveyed to al-Assad greetings of the Russian President Putin.

Talks dealt with the tense situation in the region as a result of the Israeli provocation and aggressive acts against the Palestinian people as well as the deliberate Israeli escalation of the situation inside the Palestinian territories and on the lebanese borders.

Ivanov expressed Russia's concern over the deterioration of conditions and expressed his country's readiness to work together with the US and Europe to prevent the region from the danger of exploding conditions with the rise of acts of violence and the number of victims in the Israeli occupied lands.

The president welcomed the Russian desire to play a role that helps the efforts made to halt the killing of Arab civilians. He said " Israel's respect and implementation of international legitimacy resolution is capable of finding out a solution in the region." On Monday evening President Bashar al-Assad received at al-Shaab palace the chairman of the Jordanian Royal court Fayez al-Tarawenah and the foreign minister Abdul Illah al- Khatib. Al-Shara and the Jordanian charge d'affairs in Damascus attended the meeting.

Al-Trawenah conveyed to President al-Assad a message from King Abdullah on current conditions in the region and the situation on the Arab region.

Al-Tarawenah and al-Khatib arrived earlier in the day in Damascus and were received by al-Shara at the airport.