Syria’s Assad Says Peace Talks Shouldn’t Focus on Settlements
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians shouldn’t focus on the settlements issue, echoing the U.S. position, while adding that Israel wasn’t a “partner for peace.”
Assad, who met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss the stalled Middle East peace process as well as Iraq and Lebanon, made his comments to reporters in Paris today.