Al-Assad's visit to Washington

The Saudi daily Okaz reported that President Bashar la- Assad will pay a visit to the US in April or May.

The paper added quoted Arab and foreign sources in Austria that a sort of agreement on that visit was made during the telephone conversation made by the US President George Bush and President Bashar al-Assad several days ago.

The sources told the paper that the crisis of the Middle East which reached a stalemate and the possibility of resuming peace negotiations on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks will be on top of discussions between President Bashar al-Assad and President Bush.