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Powell urges Syria to do more to address US concerns

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that Syria is doing a better job in cooperating with the United States to impose control over Syrian-Iraqi border but needs to do more to address US concerns in other areas.


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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that Syria is doing a better job in cooperating with the United States to impose control over Syrian-Iraqi border but needs to do more to address US concerns in other areas.

"Syria still doesn't get it that they have to abandon support of terrorist activity," Powell said in an interview with US media.

"They've got to return any Iraqi monies that they might have intheir bank, and they've started to take some minor actions in thatregard," he said.

The secretary, who is recovering at home from a recent surgery,said that Iran, Syria and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea should "get smart" and follow the example of Libya which pledged to abandon weapons of mass destruction last week.

He said Libya's decision to give up weapons of mass destructionwas the result of a mixed use of diplomacy and military pressure, indicating that the United States will continue to use such an approach to press other countries to follow suit.

"Diplomacy, force and diplomacy -- they have to be married up and each used in the service of the other," Powell said.

Talking about the Middle East conflict, Powell expressed hope that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei would meet in coming weeks.

He said that the administration will be making the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "a major priority" along with the global war on terror.


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