Egyptian efforts to bring Syrian -Turkish views closer

The Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas said that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who will visit Ankara on Saturday, will continue efforts to bringing views between Syria and Turkey closer.

In its Wednesday edition the paper added that President Mubarak will set up a meeting between Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and Turkish President Suleiman Demirel and will stress the need to close the Turkish file after situation of Abdullah Ocalan has become clear.

The paper noted that President Mubarak initially received the consent of President al-Assad to convene a Syrian-Turkish summit but under the condition that it will cover "besides the Kurdish file the issues of waters and borders."

Al-Qabas said that Saudi Arabia and Iran support the Egyptian mediation efforts.