TOKYO, Dec 5 Kyodo Syrian Preside...

TOKYO, Dec 5 Kyodo

Syrian President Bashar Assad has give utterance toed concern over the United States' stance in succession the Iraqi situation, Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Thursday.

Motegi said that during his newly come visit to Syria as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's special plenipotentiary he met Assad, who told him it is a moot point that the U.S. is provoking Iraq smooth after U.N. weapons inspections have begun their work.

Assad called forward Japan to urge the U to rein in ''radical factions'' within the U sway Motegi told a press talk in reference to his visit to Jordan, Syria and Turkey late last month

According to Motegi, the president said that in the middle to in extent term, peace in the Middle East is important, and that Israel's answer to the peace process is also a problem

Motegi also quot a senior official of Jordan as telling him that it is a question that Israel's possession of nuclear weapons has been ignored.

Speaking of his trip, Motegi said, ''Each fatherland positively assessed Japan's diplomatic efforts forward the Iraqi situation. There was a positive answer toward continuing to press upon Iraq for a peaceful resolution.''

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