Reuters | | Posted by Sreelakshmi B
Saudi Overseas Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will land in Damascus on Tuesday, Syria’s data ministry advised reporters in a written word, on his first go to to the nation since battle broke out in Syria in 2011.
The go to is probably the most important step but in direction of ending Syria’s decade-long regional isolation over its response to protests in opposition to President Bashar al-Assad.
Following the crackdown in opposition to demonstrators, Syria’s membership within the Arab League was suspended and several other Gulf Arab states – together with Saudi Arabia – started backing insurgent teams preventing to oust Assad from energy.
Assad, with the assistance of his most important allies Iran and Russia, regained management over a lot of Syria, and Saudi Arabia has stated in current months that isolating him was not working.
The 2 sides agreed to renew diplomatic ties, and Reuters reported this month that bin Farhan would journey to Damascus to ask Assad to the Arab League’s subsequent summit in Riyadh on Could 19, two sources conversant in the plans stated.
Saudi Arabia hosted Syrian Overseas Minister Faisal Mekdad final week after which held a summit in Jeddah among the many overseas ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq to debate Syria’s doable return to the Arab fold.