Syrian- Palestinian summit to be convened in Amman

The Palestinian minister of international cooperation Nabil Shaath stressed on Sunday that a summit meeting will be held between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat either on Monday evening ( Today) or on Tuesday morning, on the sideline of the Arab summit in Amman.

Shaath said: " There is one hundred percent a Syrian- Palestinian summit to be held either on Monday evening or Tuesday morning and will center on the Syrian- Palestinian strategy to withstand Ariel Sharon," Israel's prime minister.

Shaath added: " we, and the Syrians are facing Sharon at the same degree because he threatens Syria the same he does for us," noting that the Syrian- Palestinian summit will also discuss " the position towards the new American administration, the peace process and elements of coordination between the two sides.

He explained that a meeting was held on Saturday evening between him and the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and that it was " a very positive meeting as we both of us, talked that we have a new phase in the Syrian- palestinian relations."