SYRIAN – ARMENIAN RELATIONS BOLSTERED

SANA- Syrian Arab News Agency
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March 22 2010

President Bashar al-Assad and the visiting Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan held here Monday a session of talks on bilateral relations
as well as on the latest regional and international developments.

In a joint press conference following the talks, President al-Assad
described the visit of President Sargsyan as a ‘ further pillar
following my visit to Yerevan", in bolstering of the Syrian-Armenian
relations, pushing them forward.

President al-Assad asserted that the given conditions and developments,
witnessed by the world in general, and the Middle east in particular,
require the " more of cooperation, and consultations in every field,
especially in the political and economic ones".

President al-Assad outlined that his talks with President Sargsyan
dealt with the standing bilateral relations and prospects of their
development,’ given the strong bonds binding both friendly people’,
importance of reactivating the Syrian-Armenian Joint Committee,
as well as the conditions in the Middle East and Caucasus.

"The conditions in the Middle East and Caucasus Regions were at
the center of out talks; especially the conditions in the occupied
Palestinian territories, and the halted Mideast Peace Process and
what we hear every day of Israeli declarations threatening with war,
rather than working for peace. Israel meets peace calls with the more
of siege, killing and settlements construction; which could portend
dire consequences," said President al-Assad.

"I have been briefed by President Sargsyan on the latest developments
related to the conditions in Caucasus," added President al-Assad,
reiterating necessity of work as to overcome all differences between
Armenia and Turkey, resorting to dialogue as to continue the process
of confidence building, ‘ hence both of them have the good intentions
to this effect", hailing President Sargsyan’s decision as go forward
towards relations with Turkey as ‘ courageous’ ‘ based on a far-sighted
vision’. President al-Assad renewed Syria’s willingness to play a
role in the finding of a ‘ common grounds’ as to construct normal
Armenian-Turkish relations, in the interest of the region security
and stability.
From: Baghdasarian