Al-Shara meets Russian ME envoy

Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received in Damascus yesterday, Russian Middle East Special Envoy, Andre Vidovin at the occasion of ending his mission in the region.

The meeting was attended by Russian Middle East new Special Envoy, Alexander Kalojin. Al-Shara expressed appreciation over the effort exerted by Vidovin wishing the new envoy success in his mission.

Al-Shara stressed that the "Israeli aggression policy foiled all the international exerted effort to achieve peace in the region."

Later, al-Shara received Chinese Middle East Envoy Wang Shi Jie and an accompanying delegation.

Talks during the meeting dealt with the dangerous situation in the region due to the deteriorated situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Iraq.

Al-Shara stressed the pivotal role of the UN in dealing with these two issues through putting an end to the occupation and implementing the international resolutions.