March 31, 2008
"The Damascus summit has succeeded in overcoming all sorts of pressures, starting from the statements of U.S. officials and their desire not to hold the summit, or their desire for non- participation."
--Syrian state-owned paper Al-Baath, March 28, 2008 
"It's a sad fact that the fate of the Arab summit is already doomed to failure. The absence of key Arab leaders from this summit can only be interpreted as a political indictment of the host country over its policies, especially in Lebanon. It's a summit only in name."
–Osama al-Sharif, editor in chief, Jordanian daily Al-Dustour, March 26, 2008
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