Al-Shara back from Riyadh, receives a telephone call from Moussa

The Syrian deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara yesterday arrived back in Damascus after presiding over the Syrian side to the meetings of the 10th session of the joint Syrian- Saudi higher committee which concluded its deliberations on Saturday in Riyadh. Also arrived back with al-Shara is the minister of the economy and foreign trade Ghassan al-Rifa' and his companions.

Meantime, al-Shara received a telephone call from the secretary general of the Arab league AL Amr Moussa in which discussions dealt with latest developments on the Arab arena.