Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 3/10/2003
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of March 10, 2003
- Lahoud underlines the important of Syrian- Lebanese unity of stances regarding developments
Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has stressed the importance of the unity of the Syrian and Lebanese positions concerning current developments and their impact on the decisions of Arab Sharm esh Sheikh summit. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/15/2003 - Negotiations on the Association Agreement between European Union and Syria
The 10th Round of negotiations on the Association Agreement between the European Union and Syria took place in Damascus on 12 and 13 March 2003. The negotiation teams were headed by Tawfik Ismail, Head of the State Planning Commission, on the Syrian side, and on the European side by Christian Leffler, Director for the Middle East and South Mediterranean at the European Commission. Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/15/2003 - Syrian- Kuwaiti relations highlighted Syria-Kuwait, Politics, 3/15/2003
- Agha Khan Network to implement projects in Syria
The small loans program of Agha Khan network in Syria is a part of its long termed developmental purposes which aim at developing the private economic sector activities, supporting and increasing projects of commerce activities and small industries. Syria, Economics, 3/14/2003 - Al-Shara confers with EU official on ME issues Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/14/2003
- Hariri on the importance of increasing Syria Lebanon trade exchange Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 3/13/2003
- Islamic Bank reports on Syria's money deposit to Palestinian Intifada
The head of Islamic Bank for Development Ahmad Muhammad Ali sent today his appreciation and thanks to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Syrian people for the continuous support of Palestinian People. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 3/13/2003 - UAE- Syria for activating bilateral relations Syria-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 3/13/2003
- Syrian National Socialist wins three seats at parliament, factional disputes
The Syrian National Socialist party has achieved gain for a party which is still outside the National Progressive Front in Syria, by joining the Syrian parliament with three Parliamentarians after the party's leadership has not recognized Basil Dahdouh as a representative for another faction of the party. Syria, Politics, 3/12/2003 - Al-Shara- Fischer telephone talks Syria-Germany, Politics, 3/12/2003
- Lahoud: Syrian- Lebanese joint stances Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/12/2003
- Al-Assad before new parliament: democracy needs dialogue, and implementation skills
The president underlined that in his oath taking speech he talked about transparency which means clarity and honesty but some have understood it as wearing imported masks. He also indicated that democracy means accepting the opinions of others, while objectivity means seeing all sides of the issue, and freedom means commitment and national responsibility but some people have misunderstood these terms, adding that even tolerance was misunderstood for weakness. Syria, Politics, 3/11/2003 - New Syrian parliament speaker seeks political role for parliament
The Syrian People's Assembly opened yesterday its first session of the 8th Legislative Session. The new members elected Mohammed Naji Otari as the Head of the new People's Assembly for the 8th legislative term. Syria, Politics, 3/10/2003