PRESSTV - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has met his US counterpart Condoleezza Rice at the United Nations and discussed Middle East.
The official SANA news agency reported on Saturday the meeting was held "following a request by the US secretary of state and on the sidelines of a meeting by the international Quartet for the Middle East."
It said the two officials negotiated on Iraq, Lebanon, and the Middle East peace process.
SANA said Turkish-mediated indirect talks launched in May between Syria and Israel were also discussed.
The agency said Rice "voiced US satisfaction towards positive events that have taken place in the region and the readiness of the United States to contribute to comprehensive peace" in the Middle East.
The meeting was the second between Rice and Muallem since November 2007 when they held talks on the sidelines of a conference on Iraq.
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