Syria’s Assad in UAE for second post-quake Gulf go to | Syria’s Struggle Information
The journey – al-Assad’s second to the oil-rich nation in as a few years – comes after a go to to Oman final month.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on his first go to to the Gulf nation because the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria final month.
The UAE’s president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, greeted al-Assad and his spouse Asma within the capital Abu Dhabi on Sunday, official information company WAM stated, earlier than high-level conferences on the presidential palace.
Sheikh Mohammed stated in a press release on Twitter that the 2 “held constructive talks geared toward creating relations between our two international locations”.
“Our discussions additionally explored methods of enhancing cooperation to speed up stability and progress in Syria and the area,” Sheikh Mohammed added.
The journey – al-Assad’s second to the oil-rich nation in as a few years – comes after a go to to Oman final month. The 2 journeys are his solely official engagements in Arab international locations because the begin of the Syrian conflict in 2011.
Abu Dhabi, which normalised relations with al-Assad’s internationally remoted authorities in 2018, has contributed to assist efforts within the aftermath of the February 6 earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, killing tens of 1000’s.
The Syrian presidency stated Asma, on her first recognized official go to overseas with al-Assad since 2011, would meet with Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, who’s the Emirati president’s mom and regarded within the UAE because the “Mom of the Nation”.
I welcomed President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to the UAE right now, and we held constructive talks geared toward creating relations between our two international locations. Our discussions additionally explored methods of enhancing cooperation to speed up stability and progress in Syria and the area.
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