Damascus, Dec 22, SPA -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan arrived in Damascus Wednesday on an official visit to Syria. Erdogan, who was accompanied by a delegation ofbusinessmen, was met at Damascus Airport by Syrian PrimeMinister Mohammed Naji al-Otari and headed straight intotalks with President Bashar Assad. Erdogan was to sign a free-trade agreement here as part ofefforts to boost trade with Syria. The two-day meetings inSyria, the latest in a series of talks between the twoneighbors, were also expected to focus on the situation inneighboring Iraq and the Israel-Palestinian conflict.--SPA1529 Local Time 1229 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/226844