July 14th, 2008 by Sarah
Hussein Shariatmadari warns Syria of the negative impact that peace with Israel will have on relations with Tehran.
Meanwhile, Tony Barber in the Financial Times noted that the inaugural session of the Mediterranean Union was the first time an Israeli and a Syrian leader had been seated in the same room.
At the session, Syria announced that it would open an embassy in Beirut and Lebanon an embassy in Damascus for the first time since Lebanese independence in 1943. “Such a step would imply Syrian acceptance of the sovereignty of Lebanon.”
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