Syrian president receives messages from Yeltsin, Gaddafi

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Wednesday at al-Shaab Palace in Damascus received President of Osetiya Alexander Dzasokov who conveyed a message from Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Talks dealt with conditions in the region and means of increasing relations between the two countries.

Later in the day, President al-Assad received the secretary of the general people's committee for economy and trade in Libya, Abdul Hafeez al-Zleitani, who is the special envoy of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. The Libyan envoy conveyed a message to President al-Assad, who asked al-Zleitani to convey a message to Gaddafi in reply.

Talks dealt with conditions in the region and the Arab arena and matters of common concern.