SYRIA: Arab leaders meet in Damascus for second and last day of annual Arab League summit

Record ID: 278858

  • Title: SYRIA: Arab leaders meet in Damascus for second and last day of annual Arab League summit
  • Date: 30th March 2008
  • Summary: (BN09) DAMASCUS, SYRIA (MARCH 30, 2008) (REUTERS) SUMMIT HALL CLOSE OF SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD MOROCCO'S REPRESENTATIVE CLOSE OF THE LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMAR GADDAFI MEDIUM OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS AND QATAR'S PRINCE MOHAMED BIN JASSEM SYRIAN VICE-PRESIDENT FAROUQ AL-SHARA' IRAQI VICE-PRESIDENT ADEL ABDUL MAHDI AND IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER HOSHIAR ZIBARI
  • Embargoed: 14th April 2008 13:00
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  • Story Text: Second day of Arab summit begins in Syria.
    The Arab League Summit in Damascus continued into its second and final day on Sunday (March 30) amid speculation its final draft resolution will not include new decisions on Mideast peace or Lebanon, the most pressing issues in the annual two-day meeting.
    Lebanon boycotted the summit although it was one of the most important issues discussed. Syria promised Arab leaders on Saturday to cooperate in ending a political crisis in Lebanon, and regional power Saudi Arabia said it saw Damascus as part of the solution.
    The conciliatory language on Lebanon offered some relief from the tensions that have built up during preparations for the two-day meeting, which Lebanon and key pro-U.S. Arab leaders are skipping in protest against Syria's Lebanon policy.
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