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To: JD who wrote (48432)	5/2/2005 5:11:12 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

On- am hoping that all we are seeing with this latest surge in violence is the frantic last ditch efforts to upset the new government before it can really get going...time will tell. Syria ‘willing’ to change Iraq policy * Announces plans to restore diplomatic ties with Baghdad * Analysts say decision may ease insurgency in Iraq ISTANBUL: Syria announced plans to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq more than two decades after ties were severed, boosting regional hopes for securing borders and signalling a willingness to change its policy towards the violence-torn country. With Iraq’s neighbours concerned that violence and ethnic instability in Iraq could spread throughout the region, they pledged on Saturday to cooperate with Iraq’s newly elected government on “overall border security.” The neighbours - which include Syria and Iran, two countries accused by US officials of failing to prevent insurgents from crossing their borders - also planned an upcoming meeting of their interior ministers to discuss how to better monitor their borders. The announcements were made during a two-day meeting of the foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey and Egypt. Saudi Arabia’s deputy foreign minister also attended the meeting, held at a former Ottoman palace overlooking the Bosporus. The neighbours stressed the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq, and “pledged to support and cooperate with its newly elected” government, which is dominated by Kurds and majority Shias at the expense of Sunni Muslims, who made up the elite under Saddam Hussein. But Syria’s decision to re-establish ties after 23 years of severance could be key to easing the insurgency in Iraq and boosting regional security, given Syria’s 310-mile shared border with Iraq and its strong ties with Iraq’s Sunni tribes, analysts said. Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa told delegates in the closed meeting Saturday that legal measures to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq would be taken “at the earliest possible time,” Syria’s official news agency SANA reported. Syria is interested in Iraq’s stability, unity and security “so that it can play its full role in the Arab and international arenas,” he was quoted as saying. The announcement, signalling a change in Syrian policy towards Iraq, could be “instrumental” in quelling Iraq’s insurgency, said Iraq expert Gamal Abdel Gawad.