Tel Aviv, Feb. 21 -- Cyprus is ready to contribute to a positive perspective for Syria, provided that certain conditions are met, was the message conveyed by Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos during a short visit to Damascus yesterday, where he met with the head of the Syrian Interim Government, Ahmed al-Sharaa.

It was the first official contact between the two countries since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December.

Kombos said that the purpose of his visit was to promote a positive agenda for the reintegration of Syria into the international community, both bilaterally and within the framework of the European Union.

While underlining historical relations between Cyprus and Syria, Kombos also emphasized that Syria'...