Wednesday, November 12, 2008

David Miliband to visit "key state" Syria...

"...Miliband is due in Damascus next week as part of a wider Middle East tour at a time that western diplomatic efforts are focused on how to keep the faltering regional peace process alive.....
Syria has been shunned by the Bush adminstration for years, and last month's US special forces raid across the Iraqi border against an alleged al-Qaida target triggered angry protests at Bush's "cowboy policies."
But Barack Obama has made clear that he will change tack and seek to talk to the Syrians, who are delighted at the prospect. Miliband, in the role of transatlantic bridge-builder, will be encouraging him to do so...."
British foreign secretary David Miliband talks with journalists during a press conference in Afghanistan

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