Italian PM discusses Lebanon situation with Syrian president Assad
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi talked with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the phone on Friday regarding the EU's concerns that the Israel-Lebanon confrontation could spread to Syria.
It was the first such high-level contact between the Syrian leader and a Western official since last year's assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Harir, which worsened Syria's relations with Europe. (Reuters)
