Al-Shaibani arrives in Saudi Arabia to participate in the ministerial meeting on Syria

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived in Riyadh today, Saturday, and was received upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport by Deputy Foreign Minister Engineer Walid bin Abdul Karim Al-Khereiji.

This visit comes to participate in the expanded ministerial meeting on Syria hosted by the Kingdom, in which the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Syria, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Britain and Germany participate. The United States and Italy will also participate at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Syria are expected to participate.

This meeting is a continuation of the “Aqaba meetings” on Syria, which were held in Jordan on December 14.