Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 9/27/1999
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of September 27, 1999
- Saudi role in Clinton's meeting with al-Sharaa
Well-informed sources told the London based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily in statments published Friday that Saudi Arabia has played a key role in arranging the meeting which was held on Wednesday in Washington between US President Bill Clinton and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa in the White House. Syria-Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 10/2/1999 - Al-Assad meets with three new governors after oath ceremonies Syria, Politics, 10/1/1999
- Syrian vice president confers with Chilean Senate delegation Syria-Chile, Politics, 10/1/1999
- Al-Sharaa delivers Syria's speech before the UN General Assembly
In a speech he delivered on Friday before the UN General Assembly, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa said the international community has considered the peace process on the grounds of which the Madrid conference of 1991 was launched as a serious initiative to put an end to a struggle which lasted for several decades and plundered huge material and human potentials from the people of the region. Syria, Politics, 10/1/1999 - Clinton meets with al-Sharaa, reiterates US commitment to peace process
US President Bill Clinton on Wednesday received Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa in his office at the White House. Syria-USA, Politics, 9/30/1999 - The US and the Syrian track
Israel Radio has quoted US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as saying that the US administration believes negotiations on the Israeli-Syrian track will resume next month after an intervention by US President Bill Clinton, who will arrive in the region. Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 9/30/1999 - Moussa strongly denies differences between Syria and Egypt
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has called on the Israeli government to resume negotiations on the Syrian track from the point where they broke off and to maintain a complete withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, according to what had been reached with the former Israeli government of Yitzhak Rabin. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 9/30/1999 - ICRC brings together the split Syrian people of the Golan
"The International Committee of the Red Cross' main activity is to maintain degrees of contacts between the Syrian people in the occupied Syrian Golan heights and their families and relatives in Syria," said the chief of the ICRC delegation in Syria, Claude Voillat. Syria, Politics, 9/30/1999 - Syrian-Jordanian electricity grid talks
Talks started in Amman on Wednesday between Syrian Minister of Electricity Mineer Saem al-Daher and Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Suleiman Abu Aleem on the project of electricity grid link between the two countries. The project is expected to be completed at the end of this year at a cost of US $200 million. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/30/1999 - Syrian olive cultivation booming
An international course on advanced technologies applied on olive tree cultivation concluded its deliberations in Damascus on Wednesday. The director of the Syrian olive bureau, Mufeed Kheizran, said in his debate that the olive cultivation process has been improved on the international level as well as in the Mediterranean region. Syria, Agriculture, 9/30/1999 - Damascus Radio criticizes Barak's attempts to find new formula for resuming negotiations Syria-Israel, Politics, 9/29/1999
- Jordanian - Syrian cooperation in electricity field
Syrian Minister of Electricity Munib Saim al-Dahar arrived yesterday in Jordan on a three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with his Jordanian counterpart regarding joint cooperation in electricity. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/29/1999 - Syria newly confirms adherence to peace
Abdullah al-Ahmar, the assistant secretary general for the Syrian Arab Socialist Baath Party asserted Syria's adherence to peace as a strategic choice Syria, Politics, 9/29/1999 - Negotiations on the Syrian-Israeli track to resume next month, Albright says
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said that the US Administration thinks that negotiations on the Syrian - Israeli track will resume next month. Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 9/29/1999 - Israel permits Syrian detainee to contact his family Syria-Israel, Politics, 9/29/1999
- Barak: Peace with Syria requires concessions Syria-Israel, Politics, 9/29/1999
- Al-Sharaa meets with counterparts in New York
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa met on Monday in New York with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. Talks between the two ministers dealt with the most important issues listed on the agenda of the 54th session of the UN General Assembly and the south summit due to be held in April in Havana. Syria-Regional, Politics, 9/28/1999 - President al-Assad congratulates Mubarak on reelection Syria-Egypt, Politics, 9/28/1999
- On detention of Hamas leaders
The Jordanian weekly al-Majd has said that the only Arab state which welcomed Hamas political bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouk after he was evacuated from Jordan upon returning together with the chairman of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Mashaal, and the official spokesman for Hamas, Ibrahim Ghoshe, is Syria, in which Abu Marzouk arrived last Thursday. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 9/28/1999 - 551 Syrian antiquities roving Switzerland, Canada, the US
With the advent of the third millennium, Syrian antiquities and unearthed finds will be shown to the world in a roving exhibition. The exhibition will be held under the title " Syria: Land of Civilizations." Syria, Culture, 9/28/1999 - Iraqi minister of trade: $300 million in transactions with Syria
Iraqi Minister of Trade Mohammed Mahdi Saleh expected that the value of contracts with Syria within the framework of the oil-for-food program will reach $300 million after the value of contracts in the second phase didn't exceed $120 million. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 9/28/1999 - Israel refuses Syrian demand to declare readiness to withdraw from the Golan
Israel refused the Syrian demand that Israel declares its readiness for the complete withdrawal from Golan before resuming the negotiations between the two sides. Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 9/28/1999 - Report: No stability without Golan return, Albright says
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has asserted there will be no stability in the Middle East region without the return of the Golan Heights to Syria. Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 9/27/1999 - Israeli paper calls for restoring the Golan
An Israeli daily called in its Sunday issue on the Israeli government to hand over the whole of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights to Syria in order to achieve peace with it. Syria-Israel, Politics, 9/27/1999 - Abu Marzouk arrives in Damascus
Mousa Abu Marzouk, a leader in the Hamas movement, arrived yesterday in Damascus when Jordan refused to allow him in its lands in last week. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 9/27/1999 - Statements of Hamas political bureau member Abu Marzouk
The BBC correspondent in Damascus said that Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement, who arrived in Damascus suddenly on Saturday night coming from Dubai after the Jordanian authorities refused to permit him to enter Jordan, met with leaders of the Palestinian forces coalition, who met in al-Yarmouk camp in Damascus to discuss what Hamas has been exposed to in Damascus. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 9/27/1999