Syrian President Bashar Assad discussed with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Monday the latest developments in the Mideast peace process and a possible U.S. attack on Iraq.
The two leaders met in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Assad and Abdullah reviewed "developments in the (Gulf) region which may lead to undesirable results, destabilise peace and security in the region and the world and produce human tragedies," SPA said, in reference to US threats to wage war on Iraq.
They also discussed the situation in the Palestinian territories and efforts to reach a "just settlement" with Israel.
The Syrian leader was accompanied by Vice President Abdulhalim Khaddam and Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara, who visited Saudi Arabia last week to express Syria's support to the kingdom in the face of new US pressure and accusations.
Riyadh has so far rebuffed pressure from Washington to play a role in waging war on Iraq to oust the regime of President Saddam Hussein. (Albawaba.com)
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