Syria's vice president, deputy premier confer with al-Qaddoumi

Syria's Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam received yesterday PLO Political Department Chief Farouk Qaddoumi.

Talks during the meeting dealt with the Israeli violence against the Palestinians, and with the Arab situation and the need for an Arab effective solidarity to face the dangers threatening the Arab nation.

Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received Qaddoumi. Al-Shara stressed Syria's principled policy of supporting resistance and Intifada until liberation and the establishment of independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

He underlined the one-poled policy pursued by the United States and the tense atmosphere in the region due the US. intention to launch aggression against Iraq in spite of the Iraqi commitment to Resolution 1441 and cooperation its with the UN inspectors.

He underlined also the necessity for the activation of an Arab unified and clear stance in rejecting the US threat of war against Iraq, leading to a peaceful solution to the problem and easing the sanctions on the Iraqi people.