Saudi Arabia plans to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit to be held in Riyadh next May, according to three informed sources with the plans Sunday said.
the decision It will officially end the territorial zone of Syria isolation After decades of civil war in Country.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan heads to Damascus in In the coming weeks, Assad will be handed an official invitation to attend the scheduled summit for May 19, two of sources said.
Saudi government contact office And the alien ministries of both of them countries He did not respond to requests for comments.
Jamal Rushdi, official spokesman for League of Arab States secretary-generalAl said organization Not familiar with all move on On the Arab bilateral level countries.
“We are not supposed to be informed in Progress on the supposed visit added.
Assad’s presence at the Arab League summit will be the most important development in Arab qualification world Since 2011 when Syria was suspended from organization.
Assad was boycotted by many Western and Arab countries over brutal suppression on Protests – violence that led to a protracted civil war.
Syria’s return to 22 members body It will be mostly symbolic but reflect change in The Regional Approach to the Syrian Conflict. hundreds of thousands of people He died in The war that took place in Many foreign powers, divided the country.
Last month, sources told Reuters that Riyadh and Damascus had reached an agreement to reopen their embassies after the holy month of Ramadan of Ramadan.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not confirm An agreement was reached but he said in talks with The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs resumes consular services.
One of The three sources said discussions are ongoing for more from U.S year over a list of demands from Saudi Arabia for Syrian government To meet as a condition for repairing relations, including close cooperation on Border security and drug trafficking.
Preliminary discussions for The visit of Prince Faisal to Damascus or the Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad to Riyadh postponed because of which earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria in February, one of sources said.
Arab League heavyweight Egypt also Call resume with the happiest. The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation on saturday through first official Visiting a Syrian foreigner minister to Cairo in over a decade.
An Egyptian security source told Reuters that the visit was aimed at setting up in place steps for Syria’s return to the Arab League, mediated by Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
some countriesMany countries, including the United States and Qatar, opposed normalization of links with Assad, citing his government’s ruthlessness during the conflict, was need to see progress towards a political solution in Syria.
Contacts between Saudi and Syrian officials gained momentum after a historic agreement in March between Saudi Arabia and Iran Assad main Relationship booster.
The rapprochement between Riyadh and Tehran is part of it of Major regional reorganization, central rising Tensions between Iran and Israel.
carried out by the Israeli forces out air strikes on outposts in Homs Governorate, Syria in The Syrian Ministry of Defense said that the raid took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, while Western intelligence sources said a series of air the rules in Central Syria where Iranian personnel were based hit in bombings.
