PARIS, July 13, SPA -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert saysIsrael hopes to have direct contacts with Syria soon. The two countries have been holding indirect talksmediated by Turkey, the Associated Press reported. Olmert said in Paris on Sunday that he hopes «it willsoon become direct contacts.» Syria's President Bashar Assad said Saturday that the talks could move toward direct contacts. Both leaders are in Paris for a summit of some 40 leaders from around the Mediterranean region. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/573360