World
(2009-07-03)
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad looks on during opening of 36th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of Member States of OIC in Damascus
Syria's leader has praised President Barack Obama's outreach for dialogue and invited him to visit Damascus.
President Bashar Assad says in a telegram sent to Obama on the occasion of the July 4 Independence Day that the values Obama adopted during his election campaign and after becoming president are values that the world needs today.
The telegram was carried Friday by state-run News agency SANA.
In an interview with Britain's Sky News Web site dated Friday, Assad also invited Obama to visit Damascus in order to discuss Mideast peace.
Assad's comments came a week after Obama's administration said it plans to send back its ambassador to Syria, a post that has been vacant for four years. © Copyright 2009, Associated Press
