Syria is determined to renew peace negotiations with Israel, said Norway’s foreign minister. Knut Vollebaek made his comments Wednesday in the Gaza Strip before he brought a message from Damascus to his Israeli counterpart, David Levy. But Vollebaek said Syria’s faith in Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s government would not last indefinitely.
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