DAMASCUS - The Palestinian President, Mr Yasser Arafat, yesterday held talks with the Syrian Foreign Minister, Mr Farouq al Shara, after arriving in Syria to mend relations with Damascus and agree on future moves for peace talks with Israel, officials said.
They said that Mr Arafat, visiting Syria for the first time since he returned to the Gaza Strip in 1994 under an Israeli Palestinian peace deal condemned by Damascus, would meet President Hafez al Assad later yesterday.