Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 4/9/2001
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of April 9, 2001
- Al-Assad gets a message from Romanian counterpart Syria-Romania, Politics, 4/14/2001
- James Abu Rezk: Syria is in good hands with leadership of President Bashar al-Assad"
" President Bashar al-Assad is very intelligent man, and very open. And I think Syria is in good hands with President Bashar al-Assad," said former US Senator and founder of the Arab- Anti Discrimination Committee Mr James Abu Rezk in a statement to Arabic News. Syria, Politics, 4/14/2001 - Syrian FM insists: no peace without Israel's withdrawal from occupied territories Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/14/2001
- Israel arrests an Egyptian sneaked from Syria Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/14/2001
- Morocco and Syria resolved to achieved Arab common market
Regarding the delays in setting the Arab market, he cited border problems which hinder the free movement of persons and goods, foreign pressures and a poor political involvement for some countries. He also hoped that Arab states will make up for the lost time through an approach that would enable the Arab nation to draw benefit from ongoing international mutations. Syria-Morocco, Politics, 4/14/2001 - Al-Assad returned back home concluding visits to Morocco, Tunisia
" We are today in dire need for unity, manliness and faithfulness with a view to confronting the imminent danger represented by Israel and its racist and expansionist ambitions in the Arab homeland. This very danger still plants poisons in the body of the steadfast and heroic Palestinian people and targets all Arabs, who have according to the teachings of the Holy Koran. to confront this danger and repel it." Tunisia-Syria, Politics, 4/14/2001 - Bin Ali, al-Assad hold talks on Arab issues
Talks dealt with Syrian- Tunisian relations and prospects of their developments and current regional and international issues. Tunisia-Syria, Politics, 4/12/2001 - Al-Shara to visit Moscow Syria-Russia, Politics, 4/12/2001
- Syrian information minister confers with Lebanese culture minister Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 4/12/2001
- Lahham reviews the Pope's visit program to Syria
In a press conference he held in Damascus on Wednesday, the patriarch of the Greek- Catholic church for Antioch and the whole east Gregorious III Lahham said that Pope John Paul II will hold during his coming visit to Syria by the beginning of May, two meetings, one of them is a close door meeting with President Bashar al-Assad. Syria-Vatican, Politics, 4/12/2001 - On Syria's membership at the UN Security Council
The Saudi daily al-Watan has stressed that the Israeli government is seeking by all means to push the American administration to take a stand against Syria's assuming a membership at the UN Security Council, as a representative for the Asian bloc for two years, noting that Washington refuses to be subjected to these pressures. Syria, Politics, 4/12/2001 - Al-Assad's visit to Algeria postponed
The London based al-Hayat daily said in its Wednesday's issue, according to an Algerian sources it described as well-informed that the short visit that President Bashar al-Assad was due to hold to Algiers was postponed until the beginning of May, without giving any justifications for reasons behind the postponement. Algeria-Syria, Politics, 4/12/2001 - Committees in charge of defending human rights in Syria commends political detente and ask for democracy
In an initiative which reflects the atmospheres of political detente in Syria, the human rights committees have released its annual report for the year 2000 for the first time from inside Syria after used to be issued in previous years from outside Syria. Syria, Politics, 4/11/2001 - Israel uproots tress from the Golan Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/11/2001
- Syria and Tunisia: joint care for maintaining remarkable relations
Thanks to Tunisia's remarkable position among other Arab states, Syria seeks to deepen and consolidate these relations with it especially on the economic and political areas to withstand international and regional developments. Tunisia-Syria, Politics, 4/11/2001 - Al-Assad meets with Moroccan officials
President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday in al-Rabat met with the Moroccan prime minister Abdul Rahman al-Yousefi. Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/11/2001 - Morocco, Syria to set up high joint commission
Morocco and Syria will set up shortly a high joint commission to take care of the promotion of economic and commercial cooperation between the two states. Morocco-Syria, Economics, 4/11/2001 - Moroccan- Syrian summit talks focus on deepening relations and coordinating positions
Talks between King Mohammed VI and Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, who is currently visiting Morocco, have a "global and deep" nature and deal with consolidation of relations and coordination of positions regarding the Middle East and the Euro-Mediterranean process. Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/10/2001 - On President al-Assad's visit to Morocco
Moroccan sources said the talks will cover bilateral and regional issues and will concentrate on establishing a mechanism for a new cooperation through founding a joint higher committee and renewing the cooperation agreements linking the two countries since three decades. Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/10/2001 - On Abdul Rahman's visit to Damascus
The United Arab Emirates UAE daily al-Khaleij on Monday quoted sources it described as well-informed as saying that member of the PLO executive committee Asaad Abdul Rahman will try during his visit to Damascus which he started on Sunday to contain comments on decisions taken by the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat after his meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, on the sideline of the Amman's Arab summit. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 4/10/2001 - Syrian president's official visit to Morocco opens promising prospects
The official visit President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria is paying to Morocco as of this Monday at the invitation of King Mohammed VI will have a strong political impact and will open promising prospects to bilateral relations. Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/9/2001 - Al-Assad to visit Spain on May 2nd Syria-Spain, Politics, 4/9/2001
- On the Syrian- Moroccan today's summit
The London- based al-Hayat daily said in its Sunday's issue that an Arab diplomat in al-Riyadh said that the summit which will bring together King Muhammad 6th of Morocco and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today ( Monday) in Fez is of a symbolic dimension, in remarks that Fez had hosted the first Arab summit in 1982. Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/9/2001 - Al-Qaddoumi: Arafat visits Damascus in the second half of April
The chairman of the PLO political department Farouk al-Qaddoumi has announced that the forthcoming visit of the chairman of the palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat may be held in the next half of the current month. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 4/9/2001 - On the Syrian presence in Lebanon
The London Ð based al-Hayat daily on Sunday quoted a Lebanese official source as saying that most of those who lead the campaigns calling for the pullout of the Syrian army from Lebanon realize more than any others that they have no international nor regional prospect for their moves, and therefore they will not find one who sympathize with their calls, adding that those ( leaders of the campaigns) seek to impose a political condition that pushes foreign sides to side with them in their position. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 4/9/2001