Sarkozy resumes contacts with Assad

Source: AFP/NowLebanon.com, 30-05-2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Thursday in a telephone call, the Elysee Palace said.
A statement said the two leaders discussed "the regional situation, developments in Lebanon and the resumption of indirect talks between Syria and 'Israel'."
"Bilateral relations and the proposed Mediterranean Union were also raised" in the telephone call, which came at France's initiative, the presidential residence added.
Sarkozy said that the conversation was in line with France's pledge to resume top-level contacts with Syria in the event of "tangible progress" in resolving Lebanon's political crisis, the Elysee statement said.
France will host a summit on the proposed Mediterranean Union, which Sarkozy has strongly advocated, on July 13 in Paris, shortly after it assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union.