President Assad meets with Egyptian journalist
President Hafez al-Assad on Monday at al-Rawda palace received renowned Egyptian writer and journalist Muhammad Hasanin Haikal.The two men discussed the latest developments in the Arab region and the impasse the Middle East peace process has reached.
The meeting between the Syrian president and Haikal lasted for five hours, over which Haikal said, "In a meeting as such several issues will be entitled for discussion, as President Assad is interested in all matters starting with the Middle East to the international situation."
Haikal noted that President al-Assad showed interest in the lecture he delivered on Saturday at Bar Association headquarters in Beirut and that the President had read it before their meeting on Monday.
The Syrian President has talked about the situation in the region, Haikal said, "I think President Assad spoke about a scenario that formed the sequence of events he expected the region to face in the forthcoming phase." But Haikal refused to go into detail.
Today Haikal will meet with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, and he will meet on Wednesday with Lebanese Minister of the Displaced Walid Jumblatt.
