Crown Prince Abdullah receives al-Shara on latest developments

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on Wednesday received the Syrian deputy prime minister and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara.

During the meeting, al-Shara conveyed a message from President Bashar al-Assad to the Saudi crown prince relating to latest developments in the region and the need of strengthening the Arab position in confrontation of challenges imposed on the Arabs.

In this regard, foreign minister al-Shara underlined "the importance of consolidating Arab solidarity at this very critical current phase in the context of the pan national vision of the integrated Arab interests in preservation of Arab rights and rejection of the policy of blackmailing used against the Arab states."

The two sides stressed the need of mobilizing Arab efforts in the service of the central cause relating to ending the Israeli occupation of all Arab lands and the restoration of all legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. The meeting was attended by the deputy foreign minister Suleiman Haddad and the chairman of the Syrian diplomatic mission in Jeddah.