Arab League, Saudi Arabia, and President al-Assad's Speech

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Sunday stressed that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's speech included a positive direction towards carrying out the Taif Accord and preserving the general framework of the Syrian-Lebanese relations.

In a statement to the Egyptian Middle East News Agency, Moussa described President al-Assad's speech as positive regarding the implementation of the Taif Accord and withdrawing of the Syrian forces fully to the Bekaa region and then to the Syrian-Lebanese borders, asserting that this came within the framework of carrying out the Taif Accord as well as the UN resolution No. 1559.

Moussa underlined that the Syrian-Lebanese relations are a special relation based on geographic and historical bases.

For its part, Saudi Arabia welcomed of President al-Assad's Speech. "We welcome President Bashar al-Assad's declaration of the redeployment of the Syrian forces in Lebanon to Bekaa region then to the Syrian-Lebanese borders, the matter which confirms to the Taif Accord," Saudi Arabian sources told AFP.