Sarkozy to visit Syria on September 3

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

PARIS (AFP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday he would go to Syria on September 3, the latest step in the two states' bid to normalise ties severed after the 2005 murder of Lebanon's former premier Rafiq Hariri.

Sarkozy's predecessor Jacques Chirac cut ties with Syria in response to the assassination, after accusing Damascus of involvement in the murder. Syria has denied the claims.

Washington continues to blacklist Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism but France has moved to bring Assad out of the diplomatic cold.

© 2008 AFP

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