EXCHANGE OF REMARKS, Khaddam and Kissinger

publisher: THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN

Publishing date: 1974-08-22

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EXCHANGE OF REMARKS, AUGUST 22

Press release 339 dated August 22

Foreign Minister Khaddam

First of all I would like to express my ap­preciation to the Secretary of State, Dr. Kis­singer, for his extending to me the invitation to visit him in Washington so as to discuss with him matters that relate to the situation in the Middle East.

This visit came within the framework of the visit of former President Nixon to the Middle East and, more specifically, to Syria. Therefore it is natural that our discussions here should aim at continuing the efforts for a just peace in the Middle East, because we feel that it is necessary to give these efforts the opportunity and the chance to achieve a permanent, durable, and just peace in the Middle East. We had today’s session of discussions and talks, which were profitable and constructive. We shall continue these talks tomorrow.

I would like to reiterate my thanks, my gratitude, to Dr. Kissinger for making it pos­sible for me to visit him here in Washington.

 

secretary Kissinger

Well, I wanted to say also that, first of all, we consider this a very important visit. It is the first visit of a Syrian Foreign Minister to the United States in many years.

We are working on crucial problems for the peace of the world, a just and lasting solution of the problems of the Middle East. We agreed, as the Foreign Minister has said, that these negotiations must be given an op­portunity to succeed in an atmosphere which is conducive to negotiations. We will con­tinue our talks. We will have a brief talk later today with the Vice President-desig­nate, and we will have a longer session tomorrow.

Thank you.

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