Al-Sharaa meets with Sudanese, Qatari ministers

Originally published October 26, 1999

Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa on Monday evening at his home in Damascus received the Sudanese minister of Justice Ali Mahmoud Othman, currently visiting Syria. Earlier in the day, al-Sharaa received his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jaber al-Thani.

The two ministers visited al-Sharaa to make assure of al-Sharaa good health conditions.

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