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Arab Foreign Ministers Discuss Syria Crisis, Damascus' Return To Arab League At Saudi Meeting: Report

The meeting comes after Saudi Arabia, that is set to host an Arab League summit in Riyadh in May, hosted the Syrian foreign minister on Wednesday for a first of its kind talks in a decade.

New Delhi: Gulf Arab foreign ministers and their counterparts from Egypt, Iraq and Jordan discussed the Syria crisis and Damascus' possible return to the Arab League at a meeting in Jeddah on Saturday, news agency Reuters reported.

Some Arab states, including regional heavyweights Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, have mended their relation with Damascus, in contrast to 2011 when many Western and Arab states boycotted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over his brutal crackdown on protests.

The talks between Saudi and Syrian foreign ministers discussed the necessary steps to achieve comprehensive political resolution to the Syrian crisis.

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Among the ministers who took part in the meeting were Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, the UAE’s diplomatic advisor to the President of the UAE, Anwar Gargash, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber al-Sabah.

According to reports, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman also met Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi in Jeddah to discuss the relations between the two Gulf countries.

Jordan said that ahead of a meeting it was pushing a joint Arab peace plan that could end the devastating consequences of the over decade-old Syrian conflict, according to Reuters.

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It is to be noted that the meeting comes after Saudi Arabia, that is set to host an Arab League summit in Riyadh in May, hosted the Syrian foreign minister on Wednesday for a first of its kind talks in a decade.

As per reports, during the meeting, the two sides reviewed the bilateral relations.

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