Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sent a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad with his terms for opening direct negotiations, according to Ash-Sharq il-Awsat. Two weeks earlier Assad sent a message to Olmert detailing the Israeli land he would demand in exchange for a peace deal.
Olmert's exact demands were not published in the paper, but a source was quoted saying the demands involved Syria's ties to Iran and Hizbullah.