Pelosi Takes “Israeli Peace Message to Syria”

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on a visit to Syria opposed by the White House, said on Wednesday she conveyed an Israeli message to President Bashar al-Assad that the Jewish state was ready to resume peace talks, says a news report.

” ‘(Our) meeting with the president enabled us to communicate a message from Prime Minister (Ehud) Olmert that Israel was ready to engage in peace talks as well,’ Pelosi told reporters in Damascus after talks with Assad.

” ‘We were very pleased with the reassurances we received from the president (of Syria) that he was ready to resume the peace process. He was ready to engage in negotiations (for) peace with Israel,’ she added.”
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