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| Ready to visit Egypt at any time: Syrias Assad |
| 2010-03-30 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that he was "ready to visit Egypt at any time," and stressed his readiness to attain Arab reconciliation. Can a new UAR be far behind? Assad told reporters, within the sideline of the 22nd Arab Summit in the Libyan Mediterranean city of Sirte on Sunday, that Syria has been for years seeking the achievement of Arab reconciliation. Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif meanwhile welcomed Assad's desire to visit Egypt and underlined Cairo's eagerness to boost inter-Arab relations and stressed President Hosni Mubarak's keenness to preserve good ties with Damascus. It would probably be Assad's first visit to Egypt in four years. On the possibility of meeting Mubarak, Assad said: "We will meet with all Arab officials without exceptions and at all levels." "I can't answer on behalf of others, but as for Syria, we stress our readiness to achieve Arab reconciliation not only now, but we have been ready for that for years," Assad said when asked about inter-Arab reconciliation. Assad said that Syria has submitted a paper to the Summit including suggestions on how to manage inter-Arab differences. The Syrian President pointed out that "the reason behind many of the disagreements among the Arabs lies in the way we deal with the Arab Summit and not in the issues themselves." |
| Posted by:Fred |