Al-Shara gets series of contacts with Arab, foreign counterparts

The Syrian deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Wednesday received telephone calls from the Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud, the foreign minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin jasem al-Thani and with Austria's foreign minister. Al-Shara also made a telephone call with the foreign minister of Iran kamal Kharazi. Talks dealt with the regional and Palestinian situation.