Washington, (SANA)- Democratic Member of the US. House of Representatives and Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affaires Tom Lantos has underlined that Syria vehemently believes in the dialogue in its relations with the US and in dealing with the issues.

In an interview on Tuesday, Lantos described the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Damascus as important to open dialogue channels with it as saying:  "The visit expressed in a  marvelous way interests of the US, that led to embarrassment of the current US administration  which has closed doors for dialogue with Syria."

"President Bashar al-Assad strongly encourages the continuation of the Syrian-American dialogue," Lantos added.

Lantos expressed desire to visit Damascus once more and that he will not comply with the policy of the US President George W. Bush regarding it.

 Nawal / Idelbi