AMMAN — Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met with Saudi
Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, ending more
than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze between the two countries.
اضافة اعلان
"President Bashar al-Assad meets Saudi Foreign Minister
Faisal bin Farhan," Syria's official news agency SANA reported.
The Saudi prince arrived in Damascus on Tuesday afternoon on
the first visit to Syria's capital by a Saudi official since the start of the
country's civil war in 2011, according to France 24.
The trip comes less than a week after Syrian Foreign
Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia, also on the first such visit since
the conflict began.
Last week, diplomats from nine Arab countries met in the
Saudi city of Jeddah to discuss ending Syria's long spell in the diplomatic
wilderness and its possible return to the 22-member Arab League after Damascus
was suspended in 2011.
The diplomats stressed the "importance of having an
Arab leadership role in efforts to end the crisis" in Syria, according to
a statement by the Saudi foreign ministry.
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