Syrian FM holds intensive meetings in New York

Syrian Foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa on Thursday afternoon met with Lebanese prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

Talks dealt with consultation and coordination on main issues submitted before the agenda of the UN General Assembly, foremost being the stalemated Middle East peace process and the Syrian and Lebanese united stand towards it. Al-Sharaa also met with the French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine and talks dealt with conditions in the Middle East, the adverse developments pertaining to the Middle East peace process and issues of mutual concern for both Syria and France.

Moreover, and on the sideline of meetings of the UN general assembly current session, al-Sharaa' met with the foreign minister of Belarus. Conditions in the region and bilateral relations were reviewed. With his Egyptian counterpart, Amr Moussa, al-Sharaa' discussed the Arab conditions. The two ministers underlined the importance of following up the implementation of Arab summit resolutions concerning the Middle East peace process and the Israeli - Turkish alliance.

Al-Sharaa also discussed with his Cypriot counterpart the situation in the region, the Turkish- Israeli alliance and the stalemated Middle East peace process.