Assad says Syria ready to resume talks with Israel.Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Syrian President Bashar Assad said here Wednesday that his country was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel and called on European nations to help in the process.Aa"As far as it concerns us in Syria we have national support to continue talks with Israel," Assad said.Aa"However, there is a condition that on the Israeli side we also have those who want to continue. ZAGREB: Syrian President Bashar Assad said here Wednesday that his country was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel and called on European nations to help in the process.Aa"As far as it concerns us in Syria we have national support to continue talks with Israel," Assad said.Aa"However, there is a condition that on the Israeli side we also have those who want to continue the negotiations," he added after meeting his Croatian counterpart Stipe Mesic.Aa The Syrian head of state praised Turkey's efforts in the process and stressed that the presence of a "third side" would be necessary if the talks resume.Aa "We call on European countries to also give their contribution, to help Turkey but also us to be able to resume from where we have stopped," he stressed.Aa Turkey last year brokered four rounds of indirect talks between longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective foes Israel and Syria, focusing on the contentious issue of the return of the Golan Heights Golan Heights, strategic upland region (2003 est. pop. 10,500), c.500 sq mi (1,250 sq km), SW Syria. It borders S Lebanon, NE Israel, and NW Jordan. It takes its name from the ancient city of Golan and was known as Gaulanitis in New Testament times. , a strategic plateau seized by Israeli forces during the 1967 war.Aa But talks were suspended when Israel launched an offensive against the Palestinian Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (gäz`ə), (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine. in late December.Aa "The suspended talks should resume and Golan [Heights] be brought back under Syrian sovereignty," said Mesic.Aa "Security for Israel should be also guaranteed."Aa Some 95 Croatian soldiers serve as members of the United Nations peacekeeping force peacekeeping force n → fuerza de pacificación peacekeeping force n → forces fpl qui assurent le maintien de la paix in the Golan Heights.Aa The UN Disengagement disengagement /dis·en·gage·ment/ (dis?en-gaj´ment) emergence of the fetus from the vaginal canal. dis·en·gage·ment n. Observer Force (UNDOF UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force ) for the Golan Heights was established in May 1974 to supervise the disengagement of Syrian and Israeli forces following the 1973 war. -- AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. Copyright 2009, The Daily Star. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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