French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and his advisor Claude Gueant are pictured a working lunch with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on December 9, 2010. Al-Assad is on a two-days official visit to France. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM