SYRIAN PRESIDENT PROMISED TO VISIT ARMENIA IN NEAR FUTURE

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.02.2009 19:17 GMT+04:00

President Bashar al-Assad received on Thursday Armenian Foreign
Minister, Edward Nalbandian, who handed him an invitation extended
by Armenian President, Serzh Sargsyan to visit Armenia.

The president promised to visit Armenia as soon as possible, according
to a Presidential statement.

The statement said that the talks during the meeting dealt with
bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and ways of
boosting them further.

President al-Assad was briefed by Nalbandian on the Armenian-Turkish
dialogue which aims at normalization of relations between Turkey and
Armenia, reflecting positively on the region.

The issue of Nagorno-Karabakh and the efforts exerted in this framework
were also discussed, United News Network reported.