A message to al-Assad from White Russia counterpart, al-Shara holds several meetings in Durban

The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Monday evening in Durban got a message addressed to President Bashar al-Assad from the President of White Russia Republic Alexander Lukashenko.

The message was handed to al-Shara by the White Russia deputy foreign minister Alexander Steicieve who is leading his country's delegation to the UN anti- racism conference.

On the other hand, and at the request of al-Shara, a tripartite meeting was held on Monday included the Algerian foreign minister Abdul Aziz Balkhadem, the Moroccan foreign minister Muhammad Bin Issa and the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa and the chairman of the PLO political department Farouk al-Qaddoumi.

Later the meeting was joined by the secretary of the Libyan people's committee for African unity Abdul salaam al-Tureiki and the Egyptian foreign minister.

The participants in the meeting discussed the main points listed on the agenda of the UN anti racism and racial discrimination conference currently held in Durban and means to coordinate stances of the Arab group and other Islamic and friendly states.

The Syrian foreign minister also held consultations with the foreign minister of Pakistan al-Sayed Abdul Sattar on the joint final statement to be released by the end of the conference.

Al-Shara stressed the need of continued coordination of stances between the two friendly countries.