Al-Assad calls on the Emirates to “brotherhood” between the Arab countries and Syria

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CAIRO, March 19 (EFE) Middle Eastern governments for their role in the conflict that began in 2011.

In his meeting with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed, President Al-Assad said, “Al-Assad affirmed that differences and divisions are an incorrect principle in politics, and that the natural thing is that relations between Arab countries are healthy and fraternal.” On a statement from the Syrian presidency.

Al-Assad arrived today on an official visit to the Emirates, accompanied by the Syrian First Lady, Asma Al-Assad, in their first joint trip abroad since the outbreak of conflict in their country.

Specifically, the UAE was the country that Assad had chosen just a year earlier to make his first visit to the region since 2011.

During the meeting, the two presidents also discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations, as well as economic cooperation between the two countries.

In this sense, al-Assad praised the UAE’s efforts to “ensure strong relations between Arab countries” and “achieve joint Arab action.”

The memorandum added that the Emirati president stressed “the importance of Syria’s return to the Arab environment,” in addition to “building bridges and strengthening ties between all Arab countries for the benefit of their people and interests.”

The tragedy of the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey caused various countries in the Middle East and North Africa to maintain the first protocol contacts with Damascus in more than a decade, while before that there were already some slight signs of normalization by countries such as Jordan or Kuwait.

For its part, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the banner of disavowal in the past decade against Damascus and is considered one of the leaders in the region, has recently admitted that the Arab world agrees that its approach towards Syria is “not working” and that a change is required in the way the matter is dealt with.

Assad is also a major ally of Iran, which has restored diplomatic relations with Riyadh after a seven-year break. EFE

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