Syria for a Just and Comprehensive Peace Based on UN Resolutions: Assad
August 7, 2000 - 0:0
TEHRAN Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a U.S. envoy Sunday that Damascus was willing to resume Middle East peace talks whenever Israel was ready, AFP quoted a presidential spokesman as saying.
"Syria wants a just and comprehensive peace based on UN resolutions and is ready to work in this direction whenever the other parties in the region are also ready," Assad told U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Edward Walker, Spokesman Gebran Kurieh said.
Assad also emphasized to Walker the importance of achieving peace "on all fronts" of Arab-Israeli negotiations.
Syria is the latest stop for Walker on a tour that has taken him to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Tunisia following the July 25 collapse of the Camp David peace summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Walker is the first U.S. official to have met with Assad since he became president on July 10, following the death of his father, Hafez, a month earlier.
"Syria wants a just and comprehensive peace based on UN resolutions and is ready to work in this direction whenever the other parties in the region are also ready," Assad told U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Edward Walker, Spokesman Gebran Kurieh said.
Assad also emphasized to Walker the importance of achieving peace "on all fronts" of Arab-Israeli negotiations.
Syria is the latest stop for Walker on a tour that has taken him to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Tunisia following the July 25 collapse of the Camp David peace summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Walker is the first U.S. official to have met with Assad since he became president on July 10, following the death of his father, Hafez, a month earlier.