Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad during a welcome ceremony in Tehran, Iran on August 2, 2008. (UPI Photo) | License Photo

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem arrives at the foreign ministers meeting in Beirut on August 7, 2006. Arab foreign ministers are holding an emergency meeting in Beirut to discuss the draft U.N. resolution which seeks an end to the Israeli Lebanese conflict. (UPI Photo) | License Photo

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) is greeted by pro-government Druze Leader Walid Jumblat in Beirut on June 16, 2008. Rice made an unannounced visit to Lebanon to show support for Lebanon’s democratic institutions following last months power-sharing deal that ended an 18 month political stand off between the Lebanese government and the Hezbollah backed opposition. (UPI Photo/Dalati & Nohra) | License Photo

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) listens to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem (L) through a translator during a meeting in Tehran, Iran on November 20, 2007. (UPI Photo/STR) | License Photo

DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Syria's foreign minister Friday said Israel's withdrawal in 1967 drew a border line which remains the basis for any peace talks between the two countries.

Walid Muallem called the line nonnegotiable for Syria and said future talks regarding the Golan Heights must deal with these "decisive and important" border issues, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday.


Druse leader Walid Jumblatt, meanwhile, has accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of using the indirect talks with Israel to strengthen diplomatic ties between Syria and the United States, the Post reported.

Jumblatt attacked Thursday's four-way summit in Damascus saying the meeting between leaders of Syria, France, Turkey and Qatar violated the Arab initiative for peace with Israel, the Post reported.