Al-Assad, Lahoud phone conversation

A telephone call was made Tuesday evening between President Bashar al-Assad and President Emile Lahoud of Lebanon on the latest regional developments.

President Assad briefed his Lebanese counterpart on the latest talks held in Egypt Tuesday with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.

President Assad stressed Syria's firm stance vis-a-vis the just and comprehensive peace in the region, based on the implementation of the relevant international resolutions, particularly the two resolutions Nos. 242 and 338 and the Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands, implying the resumption of peace negotiations from the point they stopped at.

During the phone call, both sides stressed the firmness and unity of the joint Lebanese-Syrian stance, particularly regarding bids to target this stance, and this has been expressed through the popular demonstrations which were held Tuesday in Beirut to show Lebanon's rejection of those bids.

The two presidents stressed continuation of coordination and consultations in the interest of the two states.