ARCHBISHOP TAURAN TO ATTEND ASSAD FUNERAL

VATICAN CITY, JUN 12, 2000 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls, in a declaration made today, said that "the Holy See will take part tomorrow in the funeral of President Hafez el-Assad of Syria, with a delegation led by Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, secretary for Relations with States.

"The delegation will also include Archbishop Diego Causero, apostolic nuncio in Syria, Msgr. Luciano Russo, secretary of the nunciature and Msgr. Giovanni d'Aniello, nunciature counsellor of the Second Section, Relations with States, of the Secretariat of State."

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