A message from al-Assad to Tunisian counterpart

Tunisia's President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali on Thursday received the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara who handed him a message from President Bashar al-Assad relating to bilateral relations and conditions in the region.

Al-Shara who took part in the meetings of the Arab follow up committee which was held in Tunisia met on Wednesday with the Tunisian foreign affairs minister al-Habin Bin Yahya, the Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hamoud and with the chairman of the PLO political department Farouk al-Qaddoumi.

During these meetings view points were exchanged on issues debated at the agenda of the Arab follow up committee of the recent Cairo Arab summit.

Stress was laid on the need of exerting efforts to implement resolutions of the recent Cairo summit meeting and continued work to foster Arab solidarity to restore back the usurped rights and achieving a just and comprehensive peace based on international legitimacy resolutions and UN resolutions.

At the same level, heads of Arab delegations taking part in the follow up committee met with the Tunisian President Bin Ali and President Bin Ali was briefed on works of the committee. He expressed appreciation over the positive results attained by the committee.

The Tunisian President underlined the importance of following up the implementation of the Arab summit resolutions and the recommendations of the follow up committee for further baking of the Palestinian people's steadfastness, towards restoring back their national rights.

The Tunisian President also expressed his country's backing to Syria in her just struggle to restore back her occupied lands up to June 4, 1967 border lines.

On Thursday afternoon, al-Shara' returned back in Damascus after he presided the Syrian delegation to Tunisia's Arab follow up committee ' meetings.