A-Assad review with US Senator conditions; Israel needs to obey UN resolutions

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad yesterday received member of the US Senator Senator Arlen Specter and members of the accompanying delegation.

The meeting was attended by the deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the US ambassador in Damascus Theodore Qattouf.

Talks during the meeting dealt with conditions in the region especially concerning Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Al-Assad explained that "Israel's non- commitment to the UN resolutions and its continued killing of the Palestinians are behind the situation of unrest in the region and that halting the violence can only be made through halting killing from the Israeli side, to move towards peace and announce the foundation of a Palestinian state for all Palestinians and that the UN to be the reference for all negotiations."

President al-Assad stressed Syria's firm position concerning the peace process and that negotiations concerning it can only be made when all necessary elements are provided, conducive for the realization of just and comprehensive peace.

The president encouraged expanding deep knowledge about the heart of matters in the region.