Al-Shara, Hammoud hold discussions on preparations for Beirut summit

The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Monday received a telephone call from his Lebanese peer Mahmoud Hammoud during which the two minister made consultations on several Arab issues especially preparations for the next Arab summit due to be held in Beirut by the end of March this year. In this regard and in the course of completing preparations for the summit the Lebanese President delegated 8 ministers as presidential delegates to the Arab states to hand over personal invitations to his Arab counterparts to attend the summit.