Syrian FM contacts Iranian, Saudi counterparts

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa on Sunday received a telephone call from his Iranian counterpart, Kamal Kharazi. Talks dealt with the situation in the region as well as in south Lebanon.

Kharazi expressed his country's "solidarity with Syria and Lebanon" and refusal of accepting the Israeli officials' escalation against Lebanon.

Earlier in the day, al-Sharaa received a communique from Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, conveyed by the Saudi ambassador in Damascus, Abdul Mohsin al-Balaa, during his meeting Sunday with the Syrian FM.

Al-Sharaa asked the Saudi ambassador to convey a reply communique to Prince Saud. Talks dealt with" issues of mutual concern and the forthcoming session of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states.