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Thursday, April 24, 2008

AFP: Turkey relayed Israel offer to swap Golan for peace: Assad

"Turkey relayed Israel offer to swap Golan for peace: Assad

DOHA (AFP) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad confirmed in remarks published on Thursday that Turkey has relayed a message from Israel expressing a readiness to swap the Golan Heights for peace.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan 'informed me of Israel's readiness to withdraw from the Golan in return for peace with Syria,' Assad was quoted by the Qatari daily Al-Watan as saying."

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