President Clinton and Syrian President Hafez Assad conferred by telephone on the status of Israeli-Syrian peace talks, according to a Clinton aide. The call focused on how to make progress in the negotiations, according to White House deputy press secretary Jake Siewert, who added that Assad was “obviously involved” in the negotiations.
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