Word: assad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even so, the effort served to prolong the already drawn-out and heated Damascus meeting. Finally, late in the week, Syrian President Hafez Assad asked Vance to delay his scheduled arrival in Syria by 24 hours, until after the hardline Arabs had gone home...
...hard-line Arabs at the Damascus meeting were overjoyed that Jordan and Saudi Arabia were not endorsing Camp David. The Arab world's break with Sadat now appeared complete. President Assad said of the Egyptian leader: "He has turned his back on Arab history, he has given up Jerusalem ... Who would have imagined that one day Sadat would describe us as his enemy and Begin as his friend?" Arafat, whose organization will presumably be pushed toward increased guerrilla activity by the Camp David agreement, declared: "As for Sadat, the traitor who sold Jerusalem for a few burnt sands...
Spcaking privately, U.S. officials said Vance had hoped only to persuade Syrian President Hafez Assad to soften his opposition to the Camp David agreements so other Arab governments might find it easier to accept them. But senior Syrian sources said Assad told Vance it was impossible for Syria to change its position...
Vance also is scheduled to meet with three other Arab leaders--King Khaled and Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia on Thursday and Friday in Riyadh, and President Hafez Assad of Syria in Damascus on Saturday...
Meanwhile, Syrian President Assad, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) President Yassir Arafat and other "Rejectionist Front" leaders, harshly denounced Sadat's actions. Assad said yesterday, "Sadat has stripped himself of all Arab affinities...