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Assad confesses to secret negotiations with Israel
Thursday, 24 April, 2008 @ 3:31 PM


Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said that Turkish Prime Minister Rajab Tayyeb Ardugan informed him of Israel's readiness to withdraw from the Golan Heights, and admitted that he has been negotiating with Israel for two years.

The Syrian leader disclosed that Israel and Syria were exchanging messages since the end of the 2006 Lebanon War, adding that the flow of messages had intensified since Turkey became involved about a year ago, especially since April 2007. "The mediation between Damascus and Tel Aviv thoroughly increased since the end of the war in Lebanon and Hizbullah's victory," Assad said. "However, Turkey entering the picture in April of last year has precipitated the disclosure of new positive details as Olmert told the Turkish prime minister that he was willing to retreat from the Golan," Assad said.

"There won't be any secret negotiations with Israel, only public talks. Negotiations will not be direct, but through Turkish mediation," Assad told the Kuwaiti daily Al-Watan.

Assad noted that Turkey's involvement in this matter since 2007 has led to some success.

"We need now to find a common platform through the Turkish mediator. We will discuss first the matter of regaining the land to examine Israel's credibility, as we have to be careful while discussing this matter. Maybe with the next US administration, we can talk about direct negotiations," Assad said.

He added that direct negotiations require a sponsor. "This sponsor can only be the US, but unfortunately, it does not have any vision on the peace process," Assad said.

Sources: Al Bawaba, Now Lebanon


Just Want To Say That This Snake Makes Me Laugh Every Single Day. He Sits And Acts Like A Resistance Fighter, Gives Weapons And Money To The Lebanese Resistance Movement And Sells His Own Soul To The Devil. This Guy Is The Biggest Traitor Of All. He Says One Thing And Does Another.