UAE president calls for end of Syria’s isolation

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The President of the United Arab Emirates has called for Syria’s return to the community of Arab states. “Syria has been away from its brothers for too long and it is time for it to return to them and to its Arab environment,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Sajed al-Nahyan, 62, said during a meeting with state news agency WAM on Sunday. Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad (57) in Abu Dhabi. According to his own statements, he had previously held talks with Assad about strengthening bilateral relations.

Assad has been largely isolated internationally since the violent crackdown on protests against his government in 2011 and the ensuing civil war. Many Arab countries also severed relations with Damascus and Syria’s membership in the Arab League was suspended.

Al-Assad traveled to Abu Dhabi

However, the devastating earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border area on February 6 has led to rapprochement. Many Arab countries sent aid to Damascus, including the Emirates, which had already normalized relations with Syria in 2018.

Since the start of the civil war in Syria, Assad has rarely traveled abroad. He traveled to Abu Dhabi with his wife Asma on Sunday. It was the first time in more than a decade that she had attended her husband’s official trip abroad. Assad already met with Russian President Vladimir Putin (70) in Moscow on Wednesday. Moscow is a key ally of the Syrian government. (AFP)

Source: Blick