Washington DC, (SANA) –  Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad continued on Wednesday his meetings in Washington as he held talks at the White House with Deputy National Security Advisor to the US President Thomas Donilon on aspects of bolstering the current dialogue between Syria and the US aiming at developing bilateral relations between the two countries, in addition to several regional issues. 

Dr. Mikdad also completed his talks at the US State Department where he met Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Geoffrey Feltman where they discussed issues of mutual interest.

Earlier, the Deputy Foreign Minister met at the Congress headquarters United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Alcee Hastings and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon. 

The meetings were attended by Syria's Ambassador in Washington Dr. Imad Mustafa.

Dr. Mikdad began on Tuesday an official visit to the US capital Washington DC upon the invitation of the US Department of State. He discussed with Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew the bilateral relations and means for developing them, in addition to discussing regional issues of mutual interest.

The meeting was attended by Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey D. Feltman.  A plenary meeting followed, attended by representatives of various US departments and agencies. The meeting dealt with bilateral relations between the two countries and how to address them.

Dr. Mikdad also met with a group of US Congress figures that included Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard Berman, member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Ted Kaufman, and Congressman Nick Rahall.

H. Sabbagh/ Fadi Allafi /Kh. Aridi