Foreign ministers from Arab and Western countries held a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday to discuss the situation in Syria following last month’s fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, Anadolu Agency reports. The meeting is attended by Turkiye, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Britain, and Germany. The United States and Italy are present at the level of deputy foreign minister. The meeting followed an Arab ministerial meeting, which included the top diplomats of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi. The Riyadh meetings build on the outcomes of […]
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