Top Western, Arab officials gather in Saudi Arabia to discuss Syria
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Top West and Middle East diplomats and ministers meet to discuss sanctions relief for Syria after al-Assad’s ouster.
Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle East have gathered in the Saudi capital to discuss the future of Syria, the first such regional meeting since President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster last month.
Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, who has repeatedly called for the removal of decades-old sanctions, arrived in Riyadh on Saturday evening, according to Saudi state news agency SPA.
Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkiye will be articulating the regional stance at the meeting.
It will also see the participation of United States Under Secretary of State John Bass, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
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