Assad urges EU to help lift Gaza blockade
DAMASCUS - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held talks with two French envoys on Sunday and urged Paris and the European Union, currently headed by France, to work to lift the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
Claude Gueant, secretary-general of the French presidency, and Jean-David Levitte, chief diplomatic advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived in Damascus earlier in the day and discussed “Franco-Syrian cooperation and the situation in the Middle East,” said the official Syrian news agency SANA.
Assad praised the “efforts made by France with countries in the region, aimed at finding solutions to different problems.”
He urged Paris and the European Union to “work to lift the blockade imposed on the Palestinian people in Gaza which worsens the humanitarian situation” in the territory.
On Sunday, Israel — the major ally of the United States in the region — said it was keeping the borders with Gaza sealed because of firing of rockets from the territory by Palestinian militants.
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