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Syria and Lebanon discuss diplomacy -
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Assad and with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, who said he wanted an exchange of ambassadors with Syria. (article 1) At a joint news conference later, Sarkozy affirmed that the establishment of embassies in Beirut and Damascus was in the works. (article 1) Ehud Olmert did everything possible to transmit the message of business as usual on Sunday at the Union for the Mediterranean conference, seeming at least outwardly to be ignoring the intensifying investigation against him at home. (article 2) His mood can be gauged from the monologue he delivered Sunday morning at the press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (article 2) Syria's concern is that such a gesture will be used by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for political leverage for domestic needs, and not to achieve progress in the peace process with Syria. (article 3) Olmert met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for about 30 minutes Sunday; the two discussed the talks with Syria in which Ankara is serving as mediator. (article 3) Iran decries contacts between Syria and illegitimate Israel Iran is unhappy about ongoing indirect talks between Syria and Israel and believes that any ensuing peace agreement would lead to radical changes in Syrian-Iranian relations, an Iranian official said in remarks published Monday. (article 4)

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  • Summary from United States, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare]
  • Summary from Israel, from articles in English (3 articles) [compare]

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  • Story keywords
    Iran, nuclear, Iranian, Tehran, Israel

    Source articles
    1. Syria and Lebanon discuss diplomacy - (baltimoresun.com, 07/17/2008, 252 words)
    2. At Paris summit, Assad has all the answers to Mideast conflict (haaretz.com, 07/14/2008, 729 words)
    3. /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1001636 (haaretz.com, 07/14/2008, 865 words)
    4. /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1001938 (haaretz.com, 07/14/2008, 672 words)




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