Report: UK, Syria Cooperating on Intelligence Matters
Al-Manar
"19/11/2008 Britain reestablished high-level intelligence links with the Syrian authorities as UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband made his landmark visit to Damascus on Tuesday, London-based The Times newspaper reported Wednesday, quoting senior Syrian officials.
According to the report, the move was first raised earlier this year at a New York meeting Miliband and his Syrian counterpart, Walid Muallem.
The Times said Britain hopes its cooperation with Syria will provide access to one of the best intelligence-gathering systems in the Middle East, in particular in tracking the movements of gunmen into Iraq and around the region.
“Miliband asked Muallem in New York whether he could reestablish intelligence links at a senior level” after lower level contacts, said a Syrian official involved in the matter. Following that meeting, the report said, Muallem invited Miliband to take intelligence officials with him on the trip to Damascus......."
Al-Manar
"19/11/2008 Britain reestablished high-level intelligence links with the Syrian authorities as UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband made his landmark visit to Damascus on Tuesday, London-based The Times newspaper reported Wednesday, quoting senior Syrian officials.
According to the report, the move was first raised earlier this year at a New York meeting Miliband and his Syrian counterpart, Walid Muallem.
The Times said Britain hopes its cooperation with Syria will provide access to one of the best intelligence-gathering systems in the Middle East, in particular in tracking the movements of gunmen into Iraq and around the region.
“Miliband asked Muallem in New York whether he could reestablish intelligence links at a senior level” after lower level contacts, said a Syrian official involved in the matter. Following that meeting, the report said, Muallem invited Miliband to take intelligence officials with him on the trip to Damascus......."
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