"... President Assad had previously stated that Israel would have to be willing to withdraw from the Golan Heights in order to launch negotiations."I told the Syrians we were ready to renew negotiations without preconditions," Netanyahu said during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting.
"They replied that they were willing but we would first have to withdraw from the Golan Heights."
He added, "Sarkozy got back to me and said they were willing to relinquish the precondition, but that they didn't want direct negotiations. They want mediation. I told him I preferred direct talks, but if we must have a mediator he (Sarkozy) should mediate."
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