Syrian foreign minister Faisal Mekdad has arrived for a visit to Saudi Arabia, as ties between Damascus and Riyadh grow, and a restoration of relations between the two Arab countries becomes increasingly likely, APA reports citing Aljazeera.
Mekdad arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday having been invited by the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, both Saudi and Syrian state media reported.
The visit is the first by a Syrian foreign minister to Saudi Arabia since 2011 when the war in Syria began.