FRANCE: SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS WITH FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER

Record ID: 276676

  • Title: FRANCE: SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS WITH FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER
  • Date: 19th December 1966
  • Summary: DR. MAKHOUS ARRIVING AT MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS; WITH M. COUVE DE MURVILLE. Initials RGH/V/JH/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 3rd January 1967 12:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA5GMM7XN6GX88JB3N5ZZIN5FZM
  • Story Text: THE SYRIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, DR. IBRAHIM MAKHOUS, TODAY (MONDAY) IN PARIS MET THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, M. COUVE DE MURVILLE FOR TALKS WHICH INCLUDED THE CURRENT OIL TROUBLES IN SYRIA.

    A FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED SYRIA'S DISPUTE WITH THE IRAQI PETROLEUM COMPANY OVER INCREASED ROYALTIES FOR THE TRANSIT OF OIL ACROSS HER TERRITORY, WHICH HAS NOW STOPPED.

    TODAY'S DISCUSSIONS ALSO COVERED THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, ESPECIALLY OF PROMOTING CLOSER FRANCO-SYRIAN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS.

    DR. MAKHOUS AND M. COUVE DE MURVILLE WILL CONTINUE THEIR TALKS OVER DINNER TONIGHT. TOMORROW THE SYRIAN DEPUTY PREMIER WILL MEET PRESIDENT DE GAULLE.

    DR. MAKHOUS HAS CUT SHORT HIS STAY IN FRANCE BECAUSE OF THE OIL CRISIS AND CANCELLED A TOUR OF FRENCH PROVINCIAL INDUSTRIAL CENTRES. HE WILL RETURN TO DAMASCUS ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 21.)
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