QATARI-SYRIAN TALKS WERE HELD HERE TODAY UNDER THE CO-CHAIRMANSHIP OF SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA ALT-THANI, THE QATARI EMIR, AND SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD. THE TALKS COVERED BILATERAL RELATIONS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENTS AT THE ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS. THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT ARRIVED IN DOHA EARLIER TODAY.