Syrian- Palestinian political closeness

The chairman of the PLO political department farouk al-Qaddoumi said in an interview with the Qatari daily al-Rayah issued on Tuesday that there is a Palestinian- Syrian closeness at the official level. He added he talked during his recent visit to Syria with the Syrian leadership in regard to the visit to be made by Yasser Arafat to Damascus. Al-Qaddoumi said that matter was met with understanding and this visit will be shortly made but its date is not fixed yet.