Al-Assad expected to visit al-Riyadh, Amman, Cairo

The London- based al-Sharq al-Awsat said on Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tackled during his meeting in Beirut on Sunday with the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud the initiative of the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and that President al-Assad stressed there will be no differences with Saudi Arabia, noting his today's visit to al-Riyadh in which he will discuss all issued with the "Saudi brothers."

For its part, the London- based daily al-Hayat expected, quoting well-informed sources, the convening of a summit meeting between President Bashar al-Assad and the Jordanian King Abdullah after President al-Assad will hold his talks with the Saudi leadership on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Meantime, the Monte Carlo radio correspondent in Beirut said that President al-Assad will visit after Saudi Arabia, each of Jordan and Cairo following the return back of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Washington.