President al-Assad confers with Armitage

President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday received at al-Rawda palace US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Talks during the meeting dealt with the situation in Iraq, the underway political process there including the elections and the importance of the achievement of just and comprehensive peace in the region and its impact on stability in the region.

The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara, the US Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East Affairs William Burns, Syria's Ambassador to Washington Imad Mustafa, the US Ambassador to Syria Mrs. Margaret Scobey.