Israel does not oppose Syria and other Arab states attending an international conference on Palestinian statehood provided they support the U.S.-led peace process, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.
Israel on Monday welcomed a U.S. announcement that Syria will be invited to an upcoming Mideast peace conference, saying it has "no problem" sitting down with its archenemy.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday said Israel is not interested in violent conflict with Syria, adding that he is confident that recent tensions with Israel's archenemy will subside, Israeli media reported.
Tensions between Israel and Syria are still running high, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday, nearly three weeks after the military's covert air strike deep inside its arch foe.
Israel has no problem sitting down at an upcoming Mideast peace conference with Syria, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says. That announcement came as Olmert said his country is not interested in friction with Syria.
WASHINGTON - THE network of three suspects arrested this month in an Al Qaeda-linked bomb plot in Germany may have extended to Syria and other countries in Europe, the German interior minister said on Monday.
Israel does not oppose Syria and other Arab states attending an international conference on Palestinian statehood provided they support the US-led peace process, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said.
Syria could attend an upcoming Middle East peace conference in Washington as part of an Arab League committee, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
Russia Monday rejected U.S. contentions weapons sales to Syria are further destabilizing the Middle East.
The United States signaled on Sunday it would invite Syria and other Arab states to a Middle East peace conference but suggested they must renounce violence and genuinely seek an end to the conflict.