US President George W. Bush passed a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad via PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), a letter which calls on Damascus to break its bond with Iran and enter into a treaty with Israel before the president steps down from office. In exchange for Syria�s gesture, Israel would retreat from the entire Golan Heights, which was liberated in the June 1967 Six Day War.
The information was provided from a senior aide to Abu Mazen, as reported in the Kuwaiti al-Jareida.
According to the report, the letter was handed to Assad during a meeting this week with the PA leader in Damascus. Bush is looking for Syria�s signature on an agreement before the American elections in November; a move the White House believes would jumpstart Mideast peace efforts and permits the troubled outgoing American leader to record a major success for posterity.
The report adds that senior officials who accompanied Abu Mazen to Damascus were unaware of the letter, which Bush explained mustn�t be delivered via regular channels, but personally handed to the Syrian leader. Even the American Ambassador was unaware of the letter. This was the primary reason for the PA leader�s visit to Damascus the Kuwaiti report adds.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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