King Salman Invites Rulers of Qatar, Oman to Arab Summit

Saudi Ambassador to Doha Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. (QNA)
Saudi Ambassador to Doha Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. (QNA)
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King Salman Invites Rulers of Qatar, Oman to Arab Summit

Saudi Ambassador to Doha Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. (QNA)
Saudi Ambassador to Doha Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. (QNA)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz invited on Wednesday the rulers of Qatar and Oman to the Arab League summit that will be hosted by Jeddah on May 19.

Saudi Ambassador to Doha Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to hand him a written message from King Salman.

In addition to the invite, the message tackled the bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Qatar and ways to bolster and develop them.

King Salman sent a similar message to Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik.

In Muscat, Saudi Ambassador to the Sultanate Abdullah al-Enezi delivered the message to Asaad bin Tarik Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs.



Emir of Qatar Visits Damascus

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (KUNA)
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (KUNA)
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Emir of Qatar Visits Damascus

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (KUNA)
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (KUNA)

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visits Damascus on Thursday, Qatar's Al Jazeera reported, as Syria's new interim government begins a political transition after the opposition factions ousted the Assad regime last year.

Qatar's foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment.

In January, a US official and a senior diplomat said Qatar planned to help finance a sharp increase in public sector wages pledged by Syria's new government.

Qatar had been lobbying Washington to issue a sanctions exemption for Syria allowing it to provide funding through official channels, the US official and diplomat said.