Pak Sahafat – The Deputy Spokesman of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again expressed Washington’s anger over the improvement of Syria’s relations with the Arab countries and said: Washington believes that Syria does not deserve to be re-admitted to the Arab League at this time.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency’s reporter, Vedant Patel, Deputy Spokesperson of the US Department of State, told reporters in Washington on Thursday local time: We believe that Syria does not deserve to be re-admitted to the Arab League at this time.
Patel emphasized that until there is “real progress” towards the solution of the conflict in Syria, the US will not normalize its relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The official of the US State Department added that the US stresses to the regional partners that have relations with the Syrian government that their interaction should be focused on improving the humanitarian conditions in this country.
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Maqdad visited Riyadh on the official invitation of Saudi Arabia on April 12, after 12 years of severe relations between the two sides.
In Faisal al-Maqdad’s meeting with the Saudi authorities, efforts were made to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis and a solution that would lead to maintaining the unity and integrity, security and stability of this country.
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A day after Faisal al-Maqdad’s trip to Saudi Arabia, Riyadh hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of the Cooperation Council and Iraq, Egypt and Jordan to discuss the Syrian case.
Riyadh has severed its relations with Damascus since the beginning of the Syrian crisis and after it turned into an international war. This is the first visit of a Saudi foreign minister to Syria after the beginning of the crisis in this country in 2011.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan also traveled to Syria on April 18 and met and talked with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia announced in a statement that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia has discussed with Syria the steps to realize the national interests of the two countries and the return of Syria to the Arab League.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry also announced that Bin Farhan discussed efforts to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis during his meeting with Assad.
In recent weeks, Syria has seen an increase in calls from Arab countries to normalize their relations with Damascus.
Experts say that after the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Arab countries are trying to start a new chapter in their relations with Syria by adopting an approach away from the orders dictated by the West and adopting an independent policy.