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Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister arrives in Syria: Al Arabiya
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Syria’s Damascus Tuesday afternoon, Al Arabiya reported.
The visit comes days after Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited the Kingdom, on the first such trip since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
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Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq held a summit in Jeddah to discuss Syria’s possible return to the Arab fold following the Syrian official’s visit.
Saudi Arabia and Syria have agreed to resume diplomatic ties, where the flurry of political activity comes ahead of Arab League’s next summit in Riyadh on May 19.
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