Al-Assad discusses Middle East peace process with US secretary of state
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad received US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Tuesday afternoon at the Damascus al-Shaab presidential palace.
The meeting was attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa, US Under Secretary of State for Near East and African Affairs Martin Indyk, US Middle East peace process coordinator Dennis Ross and the US ambassador in Damascus.
Talks dealt with with the Middle East peace process and its current situation, as well as negotiations on the Syrian - Israeli track and the point reached in them, in addition to the efforts currently being made to revive them towards the target set for them.
The Syrian side listened to Albright and stressed that Syria is not an obstacle to the resumption of talks and that Syria is ready to draw up the coming steps on the basis of the achievements made during the past years in the direction of the target set for it.
Earlier in the day Albright had arrived in Damascus. She left Damascus on Tuesday night following a one-day visit to the country and was officially seen off by al-Sharaa, Syrian Foreign Ministry officials and the US ambassador in Damascus.
