Assad hosts four-way summit in Damascus

9/4/2008 11:59:52 PM   Source:Xinhuanet    Author:    [Font Size:Bigger Middle Smaller]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday hosted a four-way summit that also grouping visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy and leaders of Turkey and Qatar.

The summit, which also includes Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, was widely seen of importance.

Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, joined the summit with an aim to boost the Paris and EU roles in the Middle East, media reports said.

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