Syria's Assad to discuss Iraq, Mideast conflicts with Spanish leaders
AFP, June, 2004
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MADRID (AFP) — Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was set to discuss Iraq and the Middle East conflict with Spanish political leaders as he wound down a two-day official visit to Spain.
Assad, who Tuesday evening attended an evening banquet hosted by King Juan Carlos and Queen at the royal palace, is canvassing Spanish support for a future association agreement with the EU, which has urged Damascus to step up cooperation in the global campaign to limit weapons of mass destruction.
Such a deal would facilitate the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean free-trade area at a time when US sanctions imposed three weeks ago on Damascus for its alleged backing of terrorism have hit Syria's foreign trade and investment hard.
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Syria is currently, along with Libya, the only country in the Mediterranean region not to have inked an association agreement with Brussels.
Assad is making his second ...
