Asia

Home page

Asia

Saudi Foreign Minister heads to Syria for first visit after 12 years

Faisal bin Farhan, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia

18 April 2023 13:12 (UTC +04:00)

Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will arrive in Damascus on Tuesday afternoon on the first visit by a Saudi top diplomat since the start of Syria’s civil war, Syria’s information ministry said, APA reports citing Firstpost.

“Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is arriving at Damascus international airport today on an official visit to Syria,” the ministry said in a statement, adding, “The Saudi minister was due to arrive in the afternoon.”

The visit comes less than a week after Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia, also on the first such visit since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011.

In a meeting, Mekdad and his Saudi counterpart discussed “the necessary steps” to end Damascus’s isolation, according to a Saudi statement issued on Wednesday.