Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 6/30/2003
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of June 30, 2003
- A-Watan: Djerjian underlines Syria 's role in ME peace
Former American Ambassador in Damascus and the Director of the James Baker Institute for Strategic Studies, Edward Djerjain, underlined Syria's important role in the Mideast peace process stressing the impossibility of achieving peace without Syria. Syria-USA, Politics, 7/5/2003 - Syrian- Greek memorandum of understanding
Syria's State Minister for the Cabinet Affairs, Faisal Jawish opened in Athens on Friday a symposium about administrative reform in Syria and Athens in line of the understanding memorandum signed last February between Syria and Greece. Syria-Greece, Politics, 7/5/2003 - The 3rd Syrian International Motor Show: SYRAUTO 2003
The Syrian automotive market has experienced several dramatic changes during the past three years. These changes were mainly caused by the liberalization of vehicle imports and the amendments introduced to the automobile customs duties Syria, Economics, 7/5/2003 - Keftaro confers with chairman of Pontifical council
Syria's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro, received in Damascus on Friday Chairman of Pontifical Council for dialogue among religions in Vatican, Michael Louis Fitz Gerald. Syria-Vatican, Religion, 7/5/2003 - Mubarak - al-Assad summit on Monday Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/5/2003
- New round of Syrian EU negotiations in Brussels
Chairman of the State Planning Commission, and head of the Syrian side to the talks with the European side, Tawfeek Ismail announced that the first session of technical talks which was held yesterday led to the formation of a unified vision between the two sides on the issues of their agenda. Syria-European Union, Economics, 7/5/2003 - Al-Assad visits Egypt within days
The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Maher announced yesterday that President Hosni Mubarak and the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will shortly hold a summit in Egypt. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 7/4/2003 - Powell: No military plans against Syria; Tlass: US accusations are fabrications
The US Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that Washington will not launch military operations against Syria and Iran, who are accused by Washington of supporting the Palestinian resistance groups at a time when the Syrian defense minister Lt. Gen. Mustafa Tlass rejected the American threats against his country on accusations of having mass destruction weapons and of sheltering former Iraqi officials and terrorism organizations, describing these accusations as fabrications. Syria-USA, Politics, 7/4/2003 - Al-Assad confers with al-Hoss, Franjieh Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 7/4/2003
- Syrian- Lebanese medicine and animal vaccines import agreement Lebanon-Syria, Economics, 7/4/2003
- Al-Assad issued General Amnesty Syria, Culture, 7/3/2003
- Syrian- Lebanese trade cooperation Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 7/3/2003
- Talibani meets Khaddam, al-Ahmar: View points are identical concerning Iraq
The Syrian Vice President, Abdul Halim Khaddam, and the assistant secretary general of the Baath Arab Socialist Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar, received the chairman of the Kurdistani National Federation, Jalal al-Talibani, in two separate meetings in Damascus yesterday. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/3/2003 - Morocco, Syria agree to create joint arts and crafts academy Morocco-Syria, Local, 7/3/2003
- Field study: On woman's role and heritage
Rural community development project at Jabal al-Hoss, in the rural area of Aleppo, Syria, implemented a socio- economic survey to understand the background to which the participatory development process should be based on. Syria-Regional, Culture, 7/2/2003 - Al- Shara's interview with al-Jazira TV on regional issues, the USA
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara has stressed that Syria will be ready to attain the opportunity for peace if it is available and that peace will not be achieved without Syria and Lebanon. Syria-USA, Politics, 7/2/2003 - Syria signs an agreement with Shell
Syria's minister of oil Ibrahim Haddad has projected that Syria's oil production to increase into between 20 to 30, 000 barrels a day. Syria, Economics, 7/2/2003 - Syrian- Saudi agricultural cooperation
Syria's Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Nour Eddine Mona, And Saudi delegation of agriculture headed by, Rashed Bin Abdul Aziz Khader yesterday in Damascus discussed means of boosting cooperation in the field of agriculture. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Economics, 7/2/2003 - Talibani in Damascus: occupation prevents fighting
The leaders of the Kurdistani National Federation Jalal Talibani yesterday in Damascus said that the American occupation forces have to stay in Iraq in order to avoid disorder and to prevent inter- fighting and the regrouping of partisans of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/2/2003 - Sahroudi: relations with Syria are good Syria-Iran, Politics, 7/2/2003
- Syrian soldiers freed by US Syria-USA, Politics, 7/1/2003
- Al-Assad; Mubarak hold telephone talks Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/1/2003
- Al-Khaleij: Al-Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein to visit Syria
Al-Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein, the chairman of the Royal constitutional movement in Iraq said he might visit Syria in the context of his current tour on several Arab states he had already started last week in the United Arab Emirates UAE. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 7/1/2003 - Syrian- Lebanese joint tourism projects Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 7/1/2003
- Al-Shara confers with Larsen Syria-UN, Politics, 7/1/2003
- Qaddoumi conveys a message from Arafat to President al-Assad
The Political Department Chairman of Palestinian Liberation Organization Farouk al-Qaddoumi said today that he conveyed a message from President Yasser Arafat to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad concerning the situations in the region, particularly in Palestine. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 6/30/2003 - Al-Shara- Qaddoumi and Maher
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received in Damascus on Saturday a phone call from his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Maher. Syria-Regional, Politics, 6/30/2003 - Al- Assad meets with Irish FM on ME developments
al-Assad underlined that there are the Madrid reference, the Security Council's resolutions and of land for peace formula, stressing that these terms of reference need a clear work mechanism in order to reach a just and comprehensive peace. He also added that most of the European officials confirm that these references are the best base for realizing just and comprehensive peace in the region. Syria-Ireland, Politics, 6/30/2003 - Al-Shara press conference with Irish counterpart
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara has called on giving the Palestinians more time to accomplish their national dialogue. Syria-Ireland, Politics, 6/30/2003 - Launching ceremony of the National Millennium Development Goals report of Syria
The Millennium Development Goal MDG's goals comprise eight global targets for 2015 that leaders of 147 countries and governments set at the 2000 UN Millennium Summit. They focus on cutting extreme poverty and hunger by half, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development. Syria, Politics, 6/30/2003 - Syrian - Lebanese transport cooperation
Committee of transport and transit sector in the Syrian-Lebanese businessmen council held in Damascus on Saturday a meeting chaired by chairman of the committee, Abdul-Rahman Al-Attar. Lebanon-Syria, Economics, 6/30/2003 - Syrian preparations to joint the WTO
Syria’s Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Ghassan Rifaee, met on Saturday with participants at the training course which was organized to qualify the team which is assigned to negotiate Syria's future joining the World Trade Organization. Syria, Economics, 6/30/2003 - Lebanese Synodus wraps up visit to Syria
The Holy Synodus of the Roman Royal Catholics, headed by Patriarch, Gregarious III Laham has concluded its second stage session in Beirut following the first stage session in Damascus. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 6/30/2003 - Al-Assad receives Iranian deputy FM Syria-Iran, Politics, 6/30/2003
- Syrian exhibition in Odessa Syria-Ukraine, Economics, 6/30/2003