Damascus,(SANA)- Finnish Foreign Minister, Alexander Stubb , in a joint press conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem , and Estonian Foreign Minister, Urmas Paet on Thursday described his talks with President, Bashar al-Assad as very fruitful and said:" My impression is that the road to peace passes through Damascus and there is a window of hope in the international politics and in the peace process in the Middle East."

For his part, the Estonian Foreign Minister, described his talks with President al-Assad as fruitful and deep and said: " We are interested in dialogue and in reaching a peaceful solution in the Middle East."

Mr. Moallem described President al-Assad's talks with the Finnish and Estonian Foreign Ministers as constructive and dealt with the situation in the region particularly the issue of peace and the Arab –Israeli conflict , and the situation in Iraq , in addition to ways of building strong bilateral relations between Syria and each of Finland and Estonia

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