Syrian senior officials meet with Chinese Communist delegation

Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam has received in Damascus member of the Poltiburo of the Chinese Communist Party's central committee, who is also the president of the Chinese Academy of Political Sciences, Lee Ti Ying, and members of his accompanying delegation.

The two sides exchanged views on different issues of interest to both states and discussed ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation in all areas.

Discussion also centered on the Middle East peace process on the need to resume negotiations from the point at which the peace process stopped, in line with international legitimacy resolutions and the land-for-peace formula.

In a similar meeting, the assistant regional secretary of the Baath Party, Suleiman Qaddah, held talks with the Chinese officials dealt with "relations of friendship and cooperation between the two parties and means of boosting them for the benefit of the two peoples in the two friendly countries."

Qaddah briefed the visiting Chinese delegation on the "outstanding socio-economic achievements Syria has realized," and the Chinese official expressed his admiration over the country's progress and vowed his country's full backing for the just causes of the Arab people, for Syria's right to restore the Golan as well as for resuming peace negotiations from the point where they broke off.