Saudi FM Meets Arab Counterparts on Sidelines of Arab Countries and Pacific Islands Meeting

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meet in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meet in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
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Saudi FM Meets Arab Counterparts on Sidelines of Arab Countries and Pacific Islands Meeting

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meet in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meet in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received in Riyadh on Monday his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

The officials discussed the longstanding relations between their countries and explored opportunities to bolster and diversify cooperation across various fields.

Prince Faisal also received his Bahraini counterpart Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani for talks on the historic relations between their countries and ways to develop them to increase cooperation and joint coordination in various fields.

The foreign ministers were in Riyadh to attend the second ministerial meeting of Arab countries and Pacific islands.

Prince Faisal also received his Syrian counterpart Faisal al-Mikdad on the sidelines of the event.

The officials discussed the latest developments in Syria and the region and exchanged views on issues of common interest.

Prince Faisal met with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki.

The officials discussed bilateral relations between their countries and peoples.

They tackled the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and on the regional and international arenas.



Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
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Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa received a delegation from Bahrain on Wednesday and met with the Bahraini foreign minister, state media reported.

The visit was the latest in a flurry of diplomatic overtures by Arab countries to Syria’s new leaders after they overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.

Like other Gulf countries, Bahrain had cut off diplomatic ties with Syria under Assad’s rule during the Syrian civil war, but it reopened its embassy in Damascus in 2018 and gradually restored ties with the Assad government.

Bahrain is the current head of the Arab summit, and days after Assad’s ouster it had sent a message to al-Sharaa offering its cooperation with the new authorities and saying, “We look forward to Syria regaining its authentic role in the Arab League.”