Syria and Lebanon agreed on Thursday to resume a joint committee to demarcate their borders, a joint statement said after a summit between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his visiting Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman.
The statement was read out at a joint press conference by foreign ministers of the two countries, Syria's Walid al-Muallem and Lebanon's Fawzi Salukh.
The two presidents agreed on the resumption of the joint committee for delimitation and demarcation of the Lebanese-Syrian borders and necessary administrative and technical procedures would be taken to direct it, said the statement.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) and his visiting Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman review an honour guard in Damascus August 13, 2008.
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