ERDOGAN CALLED SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD

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10:46 ~U 24.03.10

A few regional issues were discussed in a recent phone conversation
between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad, initiated by Erdogan, before the Arab
League Summit in Libya, reports Turkish news agency Cihan.

No information on the details of the phone conversation have been
reported yet.

Yesterday, al-Assad held a joint press conference with visiting
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Damascus, in which the Syrian
president offered to act as mediator between Armenia and Turkey.