Al-Shara confers Ivanov, Iraq's interim FM

Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara in New York yesterday his Russian Counterpart, Igor Ivanov on the latest regional and international developments, and the issues which are to be discussed at the Security Council and the UN's General Assembly particularly Iraq and the Palestinian cause.

Views were described as similar concerning Iraq, stressing that the Security Council's resolution should fulfill the Iraqi people's aspirations to preserve Iraq's sovereignty and integrity and to restore its position in the international arena. The two sides stressed the importance of coordination and consultation at the Security Council in order to achieve stability and security in the region.

Al-Shara also met yesterday Foreign Minister of the Iraqi Interim Government, Hoshiar Muhammad Zeibar. Zebari briefed al-Shara on the latest developments in Iraq and on the efforts that the interim government is exerting in order to improve the situation on the internal level.

For his part, al-Shara reiterated Syria's call for ending the American occupation to Iraq and for restoring Iraq's sovereignty stressing Syria's care for the Iraqi people's unity.