May 17. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Syrian President Bashar al Assad will attend the Arab League summit to be held on Friday in the city of Jeddah after being invited by the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz, and readmitted to the organization.
The Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mikdad, has confirmed Al Assad’s attendance at the summit after meeting on Wednesday with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, a meeting in which they discussed the process of opening diplomatic missions in both countries. .
“The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia have decided to go forward and there is no turning back (in the normalization of relations),” he said. Later, Mikdad attended a preparation meeting prior to the summit with foreign ministers from the different Arab countries that make up the Arab League.
“We hope that the role of the Arab countries will be effective in helping Syrian refugees to return to their country, and there is no doubt that this process will facilitate their return,” he said in statements to the press, as reported by the news agency. HEALTHY news.
The Syrian government ended more than a decade of isolation in the Arab League on Monday by participating in another preparatory session for the summit on May 19, a week after being readmitted to the organization.
The reincorporation of Syria into the organization means a new step in the normalization of relations with the Arab world, despite the fact that Al Assad has so far shown no willingness to make a political change in the country within the framework of a talks process. with the opposition.
The Syrian president has tried, however, to approach other capitals to obtain support and, especially, financing to revive the Syrian economy and begin reconstruction. In this context, he has used the earthquakes registered in February in southern Turkey, which left thousands dead in the Arab country, as a spearhead to demand funds and international aid.
