Al-Quds city, September 18, SPA -- Israel is prepared for peace negotiations with Syria if the conditions are right, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Russian-language reporters on Monday, Israelimedia reported. One of the reporters who took part in the session toldArmy Radio that Olmert was trying to send a calming messageto Syria. «I have a lot of respect for the Syrian leader and forSyrian behavior. They have internal problems, but we haveno reason to rule out dialogue with Syria,» Olmert toldthe reporters, according to his office. «As I've said in the past, we want to make peace witheveryone,» Olmert said in the Monday meeting. «If theconditions ripen, we are ready to make peace with Syria,with no preconditions and no ultimatums,» the Associated Press quoted Olmert as saying.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/483664