"The Lebanese daily Al-Diyar has reports that Prince 'Abd Al-'Aziz, the son of the Saudi king, met with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus on June 20, 2009, in preparation for a meeting between Assad and the king.
The daily also reports that Saudi Information Minister 'Abd Al-Aziz Al-Khoja has likewise visited Syria for a meeting with his Syrian counterpart, Mushen Bilal. According to the daily, the ongoing rapprochement between Syria and Saudi Arabia may affect the political atmosphere in Lebanon and the establishment of its new government.
According to the Kuwaiti daily Al-Anba, Syria has informed Saudi Arabia that it does not object to the appointment of Sa'd Al-Hariri as Lebanese PM, but that it demands that that the investigation of Rafiq Al-Hariri's assassination have no affect on Syrian-Lebanese relations.
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