PRESIDENT OF SYRIA: REGIONAL CONFLICTS SHOULD BE RESOLVED ONLY PEACEFULLY

ArmInfo
2009-06-18 18:22:00

ArmInfo. Regional conflicts in the Caucasus and Middle East should
be resolved only peacefully. This will make it possible to activate
inflow of investments, President of Syria Bashar al-Assad said at
the opening ceremony of the Armenian-Syrian business-forum.

He also added Armenia and Syria are small countries but they occupy
comfortable geographical position for oil and gas transit.

At the same time, President of Syria said that Armenians living in
Syria are its fully-fledged citizens. "We should use the existing
potential of the bilateral relations for development of the economical
relations", – he said and added that for development of the economical
relations and fulfillment of programmes the governments of Armenia
and Syria have to ensure the relevant legal field as well as to start
drawing out and implementation of the long-term investment programmes.