Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) meets with Netherlands' Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen in Damascus June 22, 2009. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) meets with Netherlands' Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen in Damascus June 22, 2009.

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  2. Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and his host Croatian President Stipe Mesic pose for a photo before convening for talks in the Presidential palace in Zagreb, on October 28. 2009. Assad arrived on a two-day visit.
  3. Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and his host Croatian President Stipe Mesic inspect the guard of honour during an arrival ceremony at the Presidential palace in Zagreb, on October 28. 2009. Assad arrived on a two-day visit.
  4. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia offers Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) a legion of honour, in Damascus October 7,2009. King Abdullah arrived in Damascus on Wednesday on a visit aimed at reconciling with Syria and forging a common Arab stance on issues regarding Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli conflict and regional and international alliances to help stabilise the Middle East, political sources said.
  5. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during the exchange a legion of honour, at the al-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus October 7,2009. King Abdullah arrived in Damascus on Wednesday on a visit aimed at reconciling with Syria and forging a common Arab stance on issues regarding Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli conflict and regional and international alliances to help stabilise the Middle East, political sources said.
  6. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the al-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus October 7,2009. King Abdullah arrived in Damascus on Wednesday on a visit aimed at reconciling with Syria and forging a common Arab stance on issues regarding Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli conflict and regional and international alliances to help stabilise the Middle East, political sources said.
  7. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) offers King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a legion of honour during his visit to Syria, in Damascus October 7, 2009. King Abdullah arrived in Damascus on Wednesday on a visit aimed at reconciling with Syria and forging a common Arab stance on issues regarding Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli conflict and regional and international alliances to help stabilise the Middle East, political sources said.
  8. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) offers King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a legion of honour during his visit to Syria, in Damascus October 7, 2009. King Abdullah arrived in Damascus on Wednesday on a visit aimed at reconciling with Syria and forging a common Arab stance on issues regarding Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli conflict and regional and international alliances to help stabilise the Middle East, political sources said.
  9. Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store (R) watches as his counterpart from the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen sits down at the start of a NATO-Ukraine foreign ministers joint meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, December 3, 2009.
  10. Netherland's foreign minister Maxime Verhagen (R) welcomes Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in the Hague on November 11, 2009. Lieberman is on a visist in a bid to strengthen ties with the European Union.
  11. A woman, holding a roll of toilet paper with a picture of Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and a text reading "zionist ethnic cleansing paper, the strongest!", shouts slogans protesting against Lieberman's visit and meeitings with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and members of parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  12. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, and his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen, right, give a brief statement prior to their meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  13. Iranian human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr (R) smiles after being presented with the 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip by Dutch foreign minister Maxime Verhagen (L) in The Hague on November 9, 2009. Iranian lawyer and journalist Shadi Sadr was awarded a Dutch human rights prize, worth up to 110,000 euros, for her fight against stoning as punishment, the Dutch foreign ministry said.
  14. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, left, is applauded after she received the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, right, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  15. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, right, receives the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  16. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, right, receives the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."

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