Egyptian-Syrian summit within hours for discussing latest developments

Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad will arrive in Egypt in the upcoming few hours for talks with President Hosni Mubarak dealing with the dimensions of the international and regional position, developments of the Palestinian cause and the situation in Iraq.

Middle East News Agency (MENA) learned from diplomatic sources in Damascus that the Egyptian Syrian summit would discuss the implications of the current developments to mechanisms of the Arab action.

The Egyptian Syrian summit acquires a special significance as it comes on the eve of the Israeli threats to Syria besides the Security Council resolution No. 1559 on the presidential elections in Lebanon.

The sources said that the Egyptian - Syrian summit comes in the framework of the sustained consultations and coordination between the two leaders for concountering the current challenges and finding a joint mechanism for cooperation between the two states in different domains on issues of common interest to the Arab nation.