 DAMASCUS, Jan 20, 2007 (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar Al Assad pledged on Saturday to work with the Iraqi authorities to wipe out ”terrorism,” on the final day of a landmark visit by Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani.
The two heads of state, whose countries only restored relations in November after a 26-year rupture, held “frank, sincere and positive” discussions on the situation both in Iraq and the region, the official SANA news agency said. In a joint statement issued as Talabani wrapped up the first visit to Syria by an Iraqi head of state in three decades, the two leaders condemned “all forms of terrorism plaguing the Iraqi people and their institutions, infrastructure and security service.”
| And that's all Talabani is going to get out of him. |
Assad joined Talabani in expressing “readiness to work together and do everything possible to eradicate terrorism.” He expressed his “support for the political process under way in Iraq... and the efforts being made by the Iraqi government to achieve national reconcilation and stability.”
| Laid it on thick, didn't he. |
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