Jordan Times
Monday, February 11, 2008
Monarch receives summit invitation
AMMAN (Petra) - His Majesty King Abdullah on
Sunday received an invitation from Syrian President Bashar Asaad to attend the
Arab summit in Damascus at the end of next month.
During a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem, who delivered the
invitation, the King stressed Jordan’s keenness to participate in all Arab
summits and work for their success, to ensure that they result in decisions that
boost Arab unity and activate joint Arab action.
The King also reiterated the importance of careful planning for the summit in
order to reach a consensus and come up with a unified Arab stance, “especially
at this critical stage with major challenges facing the Arab nation”.
During the meeting, talks also focused on Jordanian-Syrian relations and King
Abdullah stressed Jordan’s desire to strengthen bilateral ties with Damascus.
Addressing the situation in Lebanon, the Monarch underlined the need to
eliminate all obstacles hampering the implementation of an Arab League
initiative seeking to achieve conciliation among the Lebanese, end the current
political crisis and curb its repercussions on the country’s unity and
sovereignty.