Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah said on Saturday that the Kingdom will jointly offer with Qatar financial support to state employees in Syria.
"The kingdom will provide with Qatar joint financial support to state employees in Syria," Prince Faisal said during a press conference with his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani in Damascus.
The Saudi FM referred to his country's role in helping to lift economic sanctions on Syria, saying that Saudi Arabia would continue to be one of the main backers to Syria on its path to reconstruction and economic recovery, Reuters reported.
He said he was being accompanied by a high-level economic delegation from the Kingdom to "hold talks with the Syrian side to bolster aspects of cooperation in various fields".
Several visits would then follow in the coming days by Saudi businessmen to Syria to discuss investments in energy, agriculture, infrastructure and other sectors, he said.
This comes few weeks after the US made an announcement on lifting sanctions on Syria's new government which overthrew former leader Bashar al-Assad in December.
The European Union also recently lifted economic sanctions on Syria.
